Proverbs 10:15

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

  • Prov 14:20
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    20¶ The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich [hath] many friends.

  • Prov 28:11
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    11¶ The rich man [is] wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16¶ He 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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    7¶ There is that maketh himself rich, yet [hath] nothing: [there is] that maketh himself poor, yet [hath] great riches.

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

  • Prov 19:4
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    4¶ Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

  • Prov 6:11
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    11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

  • Prov 13:23
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    23¶ Much 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
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    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
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    4¶ He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

  • Prov 28:3
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    3¶ A poor man that oppresseth the poor [is like] a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

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    8¶ He 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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    31¶ He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16A little that a righteous man hath [is] better than the riches of many wicked.

  • Job 5:15-16
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    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
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    14¶ Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6¶ Better [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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    6¶ In the house of the righteous [is] much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

  • Prov 10:16
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    16¶ The labour of the righteous [tendeth] to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

  • Prov 13:11
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  • Prov 29:7
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    7¶ The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: [but] the wicked regardeth not to know [it].

  • Prov 18:23
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    23¶ The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

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    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.

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

  • Jas 5:1-2
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    1¶ Go 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
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    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
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  • Ps 49:6
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    6¶ They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

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

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

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

  • Prov 21:22
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    22¶ A wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

  • Job 20:19
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    19Because he hath oppressed [and] hath forsaken the poor; [because] he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

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  • Prov 28:27
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    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.