Proverbs 10:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Prov 18:11 : 11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his own conceit.
  • Prov 19:7 : 7 All the brethren of the poor hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him? He pursues them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
  • Ps 52:7 : 7 Look, this is the man that did not make 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 answered again and said to them, Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God!
  • Luke 12:19 : 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your rest, eat, drink, and be merry.
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;
  • Prov 14:20 : 20 The poor is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich have many friends.
  • Job 31:24-25 : 24 If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;' 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
  • Ps 49:6 : 6 Those who trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
  • Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate; 23 For the LORD will plead their cause and plunder the soul of those who plunder them.
  • Eccl 7:12 : 12 For wisdom is a defense, and money is a defense, but the excellence of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to those who have it.
  • Jer 9:23 : 23 Thus says the LORD, 'Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, nor let the mighty man glory in his might, nor let the rich man glory in his riches:
  • Mic 2:1-2 : 1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it because it is in the power of their hand. 2 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 like a high wall in his own conceit.

  • Prov 14:20
    78%

    20The poor is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich have many friends.

  • Prov 28:11
    78%

    11The rich man is wise in his own eyes, but the poor who has understanding searches him out.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he who gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.

  • Prov 13:7-8
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    7There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; there is one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

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

  • Prov 19:4
    77%

    4Wealth makes many friends, but the poor is separated from his neighbor.

  • Prov 6:11
    76%

    11So shall your poverty come upon you like a traveler, and your need like an armed man.

  • Prov 13:23
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    23Much food is in the tillage of the poor, but there is that which is destroyed for lack 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 one remembered that same poor man.

    16Then I said, 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 your poverty come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
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    74%

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

    14But those riches perish through misfortune, and he begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

  • Prov 10:4
    74%

    4He becomes poor who deals with a slack hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

  • Prov 28:3
    74%

    3A poor man who oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain that leaves no food.

  • Prov 28:8
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    8He who by usury and unjust gain increases his wealth gathers it for one who will pity the poor.

  • Prov 14:31
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    31He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy on the poor.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16A little that the righteous has is better than the riches of many wicked.

  • Job 5:15-16
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    73%

    15But he saves the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

    16So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

  • Prov 10:14
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    14Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

  • Jas 1:10
    73%

    10But the rich in that he is made low, because as the flower of the grass he will pass away.

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

  • Prov 10:16
    73%

    16The labor of the righteous tends to life, the fruit of the wicked to sin.

  • Prov 13:11
    73%

    11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall increase.

  • Prov 29:7
    73%

    7The righteous consider the cause of the poor; but the wicked do not understand to know it.

  • Prov 18:23
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    23The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.

  • Ps 10:2
    72%

    2The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; let them be caught in the devices they have imagined.

  • Amos 5:11
    72%

    11Since you tread upon the poor, and you take from him burdens of wheat: you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink wine of them.

  • Prov 10:22
    72%

    22The blessing of the LORD makes rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.

  • Jas 5:1-2
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    72%

    1Come now, you rich men, weep and wail for your miseries that shall come upon you.

    2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.

  • Ps 52:7
    72%

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

  • Prov 28:22
    72%

    22He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye and does not consider that poverty shall come upon him.

  • Ps 49:6
    72%

    6Those who trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

  • Prov 11:28
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    28He who trusts in his riches shall fall, but the righteous shall flourish like a branch.

  • Prov 22:7
    72%

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

  • Prov 11:4
    72%

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

  • Ps 10:10
    72%

    10He crouches and humbles 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 scales the city of the mighty and casts down the strength of its confidence.

  • Job 20:19
    71%

    19Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away a house he did not build;

  • Ps 41:1
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    1Blessed is he who considers the poor; the LORD will deliver him in times of trouble.

  • Prov 15:25
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    25The LORD will destroy the house of the proud, but He will establish the boundary of the widow.

  • Job 15:28
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    28And he dwells in desolate cities, and in houses which no one inhabits, which are ready to become heaps.

  • Prov 28:27
    71%

    27He who gives to the poor shall not lack, but he who hides his eyes will have many curses.

  • 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
    71%

    6You have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.