Proverbs 18:11
The rich mans riches are his strong citie: and as an hie wall in his imagination.
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- Prov 10:15 : 15 The riche mans goodes are his strong citie: but the feare of the needie is their pouertie.
- Prov 11:4 : 4 Riches auaile not in the day of wrath: but righteousnes deliuereth from death.
- 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.
- Luke 12:19-21 : 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. 20 But God said vnto him, O foole, this night wil they fetch away thy soule fro thee: then whose shall those things be which thou hast prouided? 21 So is he that gathereth riches to himselfe, and is not riche in God.
- Deut 32:31 : 31 For their god is not as our God, euen our enemies being iudges.
- 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 49:6-9 : 6 They trust in their goods, and boast them selues in the multitude of their riches. 7 Yet a man can by no meanes redeeme his brother: he can not giue his raunsome to God, 8 (So precious is the redemption of their soules, and the continuance for euer) 9 That he may liue still for euer, and not see the graue.
- Ps 52:5-7 : 5 So shal God destroy thee for euer: he shal take thee and plucke thee out of thy tabernacle, and roote thee out of ye land of the liuing. Selah. 6 The righteous also shall see it, and feare, and shall laugh at him, saying, 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.
- Ps 62:10-11 : 10 Trust not in oppression nor in robberie: be not vaine: if riches increase, set not your heart thereon. 11 God spake once or twise, I haue heard it, that power belongeth vnto God,
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15 The riche mans goodes are his strong citie: but the feare of the needie is their pouertie.
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11 The riche man is wise in his owne conceite: but the poore that hath vnderstanding, can trie him.
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12 Before destruction the heart of a man is hautie, and before glory goeth lowlines.
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6 They trust in their goods, and boast them selues in the multitude of their riches.
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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.
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22 A wise man goeth vp into the citie of the mightie, and casteth downe the strength of the confidence thereof.
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10 The Name of the Lorde is a strong tower: the righteous runneth vnto it, and is exalted.
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7 There is that maketh himselfe riche, and hath nothing, and that maketh himselfe poore, hauing great riches.
8 A man will giue his riches for the ransome of his life: but the poore cannot heare ye reproch.
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28 He that trusteth in his riches, shall fall: but the righteous shall florish as a leafe.
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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.
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17 Beware least thou say in thine heart, My power, and the strength of mine owne hand hath prepared me this abundance.
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21 So is he that gathereth riches to himselfe, and is not riche in God.
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3 The foolishnesse of a man peruerteth his way, and his heart freateth against the Lord.
4 Riches gather many friends: but the poore is separated from his neighbour.
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11 The riches of vanitie shal diminish: but he that gathereth with the hand, shall increase them.
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5 By thy great wisedome and by thine occupying hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted vp because of thy riches.
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14 A litle citie and fewe men in it, and a great King came against it, and compassed it about, and builded fortes against it.
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18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an high minde before the fall.
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20 The poore is hated euen of his own neighbour: but the friendes of the rich are many.
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6 Doubtlesse man walketh in a shadowe, and disquieteth himselfe in vaine: he heapeth vp riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.
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10 Againe hee that is rich, in that hee is made lowe: for as the flower of the grasse, shall he vanish away.
11 For as when the sunne riseth with heate, then the grasse withereth, and his flower falleth away, and the goodly shape of it perisheth: euen so shall the rich man wither away in all his waies.
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10 Trust not in oppression nor in robberie: be not vaine: if riches increase, set not your heart thereon.
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12 Seest thou a man wise in his owne conceite? more hope is of a foole then of him.
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28 A man that refraineth not his appetite, is like a citie which is broken downe and without walles.
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17 Therefore he thought with himselfe, saying, What shall I doe, because I haue no roume, where I may lay vp my fruites?
18 And he said, This wil I do, I wil pul downe my barnes, and builde greater, and therein will I gather all my fruites, and my goods.
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4 Trauaile not too much to be rich: but cease from thy wisdome.
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18 He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a lodge that the watchman maketh.
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23 The pride of a man shall bring him lowe: but the humble in spirit shall enioy glory.
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21 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, the thinges that hee possesseth, are in peace.
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5 He shall remember his strong men: they shall stumble as they goe: they shall make haste to the walles thereof, and the defence shall bee prepared.
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16 Hee that oppresseth the poore to increase him selfe, and giueth vnto the riche, shall surely come to pouertie.
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22 A man with a wicked eye hasteth to riches, and knoweth not, that pouertie shall come vpon him.
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16 A small thing vnto the iust man is better, then great riches to the wicked and mightie.
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11 Therefore thy pouertie commeth as one that trauaileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.
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7 The steps of his strength shalbe restrained, and his owne counsell shall cast him downe.
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14 He saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers: so he will make him selfe large windowes, and feeling with cedar, and paint them with vermilion.
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2 For hee flattereth himselfe in his owne eyes, while his iniquitie is foud worthy to be hated.
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9 Ho, he that coueteth an euil couetousnesse to his house, that he may set his nest on hie, to escape from the power of euil.
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6 Follie is set in great excellencie, and the riche set in the lowe place.
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6 Better is the poore that walketh in his vprightnesse, then hee that peruerteth his wayes, though he be riche.
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4 Riches auaile not in the day of wrath: but righteousnes deliuereth from death.
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16 A mans gift enlargeth him, and leadeth him before great men.
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25 He that is of a proude heart, stirreth vp strife: but he that trusteth in the Lorde, shall be fatte.
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3 The pride of thine heart hath deceiued thee: thou that dwellest in the cleftes of the rockes, whose habitatio is hie, that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me downe to the ground?
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16 Then said I, Better is wisdome then stregth: yet the wisedome of the poore is despised, and his wordes are not heard.
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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.
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2 The wicked with pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the craftes that they haue imagined.