Proverbs 10:15

King James Version 1611 (Original)

The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 18:11 : 11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
  • Prov 19:7 : 7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
  • Ps 52:7 : 7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
  • Mark 10:24 : 24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
  • Luke 12:19 : 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
  • Prov 14:20 : 20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
  • Job 31:24-25 : 24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
  • Ps 49:6 : 6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
  • Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: 23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
  • Eccl 7:12 : 12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
  • Jer 9:23 : 23 Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
  • Mic 2:1-2 : 1 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. 2 And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 18:11
    83%

    11The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.

  • Prov 14:20
    78%

    20The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.

  • Prov 28:11
    78%

    11The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

  • Prov 13:7-8
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    7There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

    8The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

  • Prov 19:4
    77%

    4Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

  • Prov 6:11
    76%

    11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

  • Prov 13:23
    75%

    23Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

  • Eccl 9:15-16
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    15Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

    16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

  • Prov 24:34
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    34So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

    14But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

  • Prov 10:4
    74%

    4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

  • Prov 28:3
    74%

    3A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

  • Prov 28:8
    74%

    8He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

  • Prov 14:31
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    31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

  • Ps 37:16
    73%

    16A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

  • Job 5:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

    16So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

  • Prov 10:14
    73%

    14Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

  • Prov 28:6
    73%

    6Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

  • Jas 1:10
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    10But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

  • Prov 15:6
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    6In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

  • Prov 10:16
    73%

    16The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

  • Prov 13:11
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    11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

  • Prov 29:7
    73%

    7The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

  • Prov 18:23
    73%

    23The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

  • Ps 10:2
    72%

    2The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

  • Amos 5:11
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    11Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

  • Prov 10:22
    72%

    22The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

  • Jas 5:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

    2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

  • Ps 52:7
    72%

    7Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

  • Prov 28:22
    72%

    22He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

  • Ps 49:6
    72%

    6They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

  • Prov 11:28
    72%

    28He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

  • Prov 22:7
    72%

    7The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

  • Prov 11:4
    72%

    4Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

  • Ps 10:10
    72%

    10He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.

  • Job 15:21
    72%

    21A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

  • Prov 21:22
    72%

    22A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

  • Job 20:19
    71%

    19Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

  • Ps 41:1
    71%

    1Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.

  • Prov 15:25
    71%

    25The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.

  • Job 15:28
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    28And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

  • Prov 28:27
    71%

    27He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

  • Prov 11:11
    71%

    11By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

  • Ps 14:6
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    6Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.