Proverbs 18:11

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The wealth of the rich is like their fortified city; they imagine it is a wall too high to scale.

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  • Prov 10:15 : 15 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
  • Prov 11:4 : 4 Riches do not profit on the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
  • Eccl 7:12 : 12 For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: Wisdom preserves the life of its possessor.
  • Luke 12:19-21 : 19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take it easy, eat, drink, and be merry.”' 20 But God said to him, 'Fool! This very night your soul will be required of you, and the things you have prepared—who will they belong to?' 21 So it is with one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.
  • Deut 32:31 : 31 For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede this.
  • Job 31:24-25 : 24 If I have made gold my trust or called fine gold my security, 25 if I rejoiced because my wealth was abundant or because my hand had obtained much,
  • Ps 49:6-9 : 6 Why should I fear in evil days, when iniquity surrounds me, at my heels? 7 Those who trust in their wealth and boast in the abundance of their riches— 8 no man can redeem another or give to God a ransom for him— 9 for the redemption of their soul is costly, and it ceases forever—
  • Ps 52:5-7 : 5 You love evil more than good, and falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah. 6 You love all words that destroy, O deceitful tongue. 7 But God will tear you down forever; He will snatch and uproot you from your tent and dislodge you from the land of the living. Selah.
  • Ps 62:10-11 : 10 Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath. 11 Do not trust in extortion or put vain hope in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 10:15
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    15The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

  • Prov 28:11
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    11A rich man may be wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with understanding will see right through him.

  • Prov 18:12
    76%

    12Before destruction, the heart of a person is proud, but humility comes before honor.

  • Ps 49:6
    75%

    6Why should I fear in evil days, when iniquity surrounds me, at my heels?

  • Ps 52:7
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    7But God will tear you down forever; He will snatch and uproot you from your tent and dislodge you from the land of the living. Selah.

  • Prov 21:22
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    22A wise person ascends the city of warriors and brings down the fortress in which they trust.

  • Prov 18:10
    74%

    10The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

  • Prov 13:7-8
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    7One pretends to be rich yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor yet has great wealth.

    8A person's wealth may ransom their life, but the poor hear no threat.

  • Prov 11:28
    73%

    28Whoever trusts in his wealth will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

  • Jer 9:23
    73%

    23But let the one who boasts boast in this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord who exercises kindness, justice, and righteousness on the earth, for in these things I delight, declares the Lord.

  • Deut 8:17
    72%

    17You may say in your heart, 'My power and the strength of my hand have produced this wealth for me.'

  • Luke 12:21
    71%

    21So it is with one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.

  • Prov 19:3-4
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    3A man’s foolishness twists his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

    4Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor person is abandoned by their friends.

  • Prov 13:11
    71%

    11Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

  • Ezek 28:5
    71%

    5By your great skill in trading, you have increased your wealth, and your heart has grown proud because of your wealth.

  • Eccl 9:14
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    14There was a small city with a few men in it, and a great king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siegeworks around it.

  • Prov 16:18
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    18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

  • Prov 14:20
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    20The poor are hated even by their own neighbors, but the rich have many friends.

  • Ps 39:6
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    6Behold, You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before You. Surely, every man is but a breath. Selah.

  • Jas 1:10-11
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    10and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.

    11For the sun rises with its scorching heat, and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. In the same way, the rich person will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

  • Ps 62:10
    70%

    10Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.

  • Prov 26:12
    70%

    12Do you see a person who is wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.

  • Prov 25:28
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    28Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control.

  • Luke 12:17-18
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    69%

    17And he thought to himself, saying, 'What shall I do, for I have no place to store my crops?'

    18Then he said, 'This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and I will store all my grain and my goods there.

  • Prov 23:4
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    4Do not wear yourself out trying to become rich; stop relying on your own understanding.

  • Job 27:18
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    18He builds his house like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman.

  • Prov 29:23
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    23A man's pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.

  • Luke 11:21
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    21When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are secure.

  • Nah 2:5
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    5The chariots race wildly through the streets; they rush back and forth in the squares. Their appearance is like torches, and they dart about like lightning.

  • Prov 22:16
    69%

    16One who oppresses the poor to increase their wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich will both come to poverty.

  • Prov 28:22
    69%

    22A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth and does not consider that poverty will come upon him.

  • Ps 37:16
    69%

    16Better is the little that the righteous have than the abundance of many wicked.

  • Prov 6:11
    69%

    11and poverty will come upon you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.

  • Job 18:7
    69%

    7His vigorous steps will be restricted, and his own counsel will cast him down.

  • Jer 22:14
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    14He says, 'I will build for myself a great house with spacious upper rooms,' cutting out large windows for it, paneling it with cedar, and painting it with vermilion.

  • Ps 36:2
    69%

    2An oracle of transgression speaks to the wicked within his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes.

  • Hab 2:9
    69%

    9Woe to the one who gains unjust wealth for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of calamity!

  • Eccl 10:6
    69%

    6Foolishness is set in high places, while the rich sit in lowly positions.

  • Prov 28:6
    69%

    6Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in his ways and rich.

  • Prov 11:4
    69%

    4Riches do not profit on the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Prov 18:16
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    16A person's gift opens doors for him and brings him into the presence of the great.

  • Prov 28:25
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    25A greedy person stirs up conflict, but the one who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

  • Obad 1:3
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    3The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; you say in your heart, "Who will bring me down to the ground?"

  • Eccl 9:16
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    16So I said, 'Wisdom is better than strength.' But the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.

  • Eccl 5:13
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    13Or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when they have children, there is nothing left for them to inherit.

  • Ps 10:2
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    2In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted; let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.