Proverbs 10:15

Geneva Bible (1560)

The riche mans goodes are his strong citie: but the feare of the needie is their pouertie.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 18:11 : 11 The rich mans riches are his strong citie: and as an hie wall in his imagination.
  • Prov 19:7 : 7 All the brethren of the poore doe hate him: howe much more will his friends depart farre from him? though hee be instant with wordes, yet they will not.
  • Ps 52:7 : 7 Beholde the man that tooke not God for his strength, but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches, and put his strength in his malice.
  • Mark 10:24 : 24 And his disciples were afraide at his words. But Iesus answered againe, and sayd vnto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches, to enter into the kingdome of God!
  • Luke 12:19 : 19 And I wil say to my soule, Soule, thou hast much goods laide vp for many yeeres: liue at ease, eate, drinke and take thy pastime.
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high minded, & that they trust not in vncertaine riches, but in the liuing God, (which giueth vs aboundatly, all things to enioy)
  • Prov 14:20 : 20 The poore is hated euen of his own neighbour: but the friendes of the rich are many.
  • Job 31:24-25 : 24 If I made gold mine hope, or haue sayd to the wedge of golde, Thou art my confidence, 25 If I reioyced because my substance was great, or because mine hand had gotten much,
  • Ps 49:6 : 6 They trust in their goods, and boast them selues in the multitude of their riches.
  • Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Robbe not the poore, because hee is poore, neither oppresse the afflicted in iudgement. 23 For the Lord will defende their cause, and spoyle the soule of those that spoyle them.
  • Eccl 7:12 : 12 (7:14) For man shall rest in the shadowe of wisedome, and in the shadowe of siluer: but the excellencie of the knowledge of wisedome giueth life to the possessers thereof.
  • Jer 9:23 : 23 Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisedome, nor the strong man glorie in his strength, neyther the riche man glorie in his riches.
  • Mic 2:1-2 : 1 Wo vnto them, that imagine iniquitie, and worke wickednesse vpon their beddes: when the morning is light they practise it because their hande hath power. 2 And they couet fields, and take them by violence, and houses, and take them away: so they oppresse a man and his house, euen man and his heritage.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 18:11
    83%

    11The rich mans riches are his strong citie: and as an hie wall in his imagination.

  • Prov 14:20
    78%

    20The poore is hated euen of his own neighbour: but the friendes of the rich are many.

  • Prov 28:11
    78%

    11The riche man is wise in his owne conceite: but the poore that hath vnderstanding, can trie him.

  • Prov 22:16
    78%

    16Hee that oppresseth the poore to increase him selfe, and giueth vnto the riche, shall surely come to pouertie.

  • Prov 13:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7There is that maketh himselfe riche, and hath nothing, and that maketh himselfe poore, hauing great riches.

    8A man will giue his riches for the ransome of his life: but the poore cannot heare ye reproch.

  • Prov 19:4
    77%

    4Riches gather many friends: but the poore is separated from his neighbour.

  • Prov 6:11
    76%

    11Therefore thy pouertie commeth as one that trauaileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.

  • Prov 13:23
    75%

    23Much foode is in the fielde of the poore: but the fielde is destroyed without discretion.

  • Eccl 9:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15And there was founde therein a poore and wise man, and he deliuered the citie by his wisedome: but none remembred this poore man.

    16Then said I, Better is wisdome then stregth: yet the wisedome of the poore is despised, and his wordes are not heard.

  • Prov 24:34
    75%

    34So thy pouertie commeth as one that traueileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13(5:12) There is an euill sickenes that I haue seene vnder the sunne: to wit, riches reserued to the owners thereof for their euill.

    14(5:13) And these riches perish by euill trauel, and he begetteth a sonne, and in his hand is nothing.

  • Prov 10:4
    74%

    4A slouthfull hand maketh poore: but the hand of the diligent maketh riche.

  • Prov 28:3
    74%

    3A poore man, if he oppresse the poore, is like a raging raine, that leaueth no foode.

  • Prov 28:8
    74%

    8He that increaseth his riches by vsurie and interest, gathereth them for him that will be mercifull vnto the poore.

  • Prov 14:31
    73%

    31He that oppresseth the poore, reprooueth him that made him: but hee honoureth him, that hath mercie on the poore.

  • Ps 37:16
    73%

    16A small thing vnto the iust man is better, then great riches to the wicked and mightie.

  • Job 5:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15But he saueth the poore from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hande of the violent man,

    16So that the poore hath his hope, but iniquitie shall stop her mouth.

  • Prov 10:14
    73%

    14Wise men lay vp knowledge: but ye mouth of the foole is a present destruction.

  • Prov 28:6
    73%

    6Better is the poore that walketh in his vprightnesse, then hee that peruerteth his wayes, though he be riche.

  • Jas 1:10
    73%

    10Againe hee that is rich, in that hee is made lowe: for as the flower of the grasse, shall he vanish away.

  • Prov 15:6
    73%

    6The house of the righteous hath much treasure: but in the reuenues of the wicked is trouble.

  • Prov 10:16
    73%

    16The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: but the reuenues of the wicked to sinne.

  • Prov 13:11
    73%

    11The riches of vanitie shal diminish: but he that gathereth with the hand, shall increase them.

  • Prov 29:7
    73%

    7The righteous knoweth the cause of the poore: but the wicked regardeth not knowledge.

  • Prov 18:23
    73%

    23The poore speaketh with prayers: but the rich answereth roughly.

  • Ps 10:2
    72%

    2The wicked with pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the craftes that they haue imagined.

  • Amos 5:11
    72%

    11Forasmuch then as your treading is vpon the poore, and yee take from him burdens of wheate, ye haue built houses of hewen stone, but ye shal not dwel in them: ye haue plated pleasant vineyards, but ye shal not drinke wine of them.

  • Prov 10:22
    72%

    22The blessing of the Lorde, it maketh riche, and he doeth adde no sorowes with it.

  • Jas 5:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1Go to nowe, ye rich men: weepe, and howle for your miseries that shall come vpon you.

    2Your riches are corrupt, and your garments are moth eaten.

  • Ps 52:7
    72%

    7Beholde the man that tooke not God for his strength, but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches, and put his strength in his malice.

  • Prov 28:22
    72%

    22A man with a wicked eye hasteth to riches, and knoweth not, that pouertie shall come vpon him.

  • Ps 49:6
    72%

    6They trust in their goods, and boast them selues in the multitude of their riches.

  • Prov 11:28
    72%

    28He that trusteth in his riches, shall fall: but the righteous shall florish as a leafe.

  • Prov 22:7
    72%

    7The rich ruleth the poore, and the borower is seruant to the man that lendeth.

  • Prov 11:4
    72%

    4Riches auaile not in the day of wrath: but righteousnes deliuereth from death.

  • Ps 10:10
    72%

    10He croucheth and boweth: therefore heaps of the poore doe fall by his might.

  • Job 15:21
    72%

    21A sounde of feare is in his eares, and in his prosperitie the destroyer shall come vpon him.

  • Prov 21:22
    72%

    22A wise man goeth vp into the citie of the mightie, and casteth downe the strength of the confidence thereof.

  • Job 20:19
    71%

    19For he hath vndone many: he hath forsaken the poore, and hath spoyled houses which he builded not.

  • Ps 41:1
    71%

    1To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. Blessed is he that iudgeth wisely of the poore: the Lord shal deliuer him in ye time of trouble.

  • Prov 15:25
    71%

    25The Lorde will destroye the house of the proude men: but hee will stablish the borders of the widowe.

  • Job 15:28
    71%

    28Though he dwell in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes,

  • Prov 28:27
    71%

    27He that giueth vnto the poore, shall not lacke: but he that hideth his eyes, shall haue many curses.

  • Prov 11:11
    71%

    11By the blessing of the righteous, the citie is exalted: but it is subuerted by the mouth of the wicked.

  • Ps 14:6
    71%

    6You haue made a mocke at the counsell of the poore, because the Lord is his trust.