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%

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

  • Prov 14:20
    78%

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

  • Prov 28:11
    78%

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

  • Prov 22:16
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    16 He 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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    7 There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; there is one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

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

  • Prov 19:4
    77%

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

  • Prov 6:11
    76%

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

  • Prov 13:23
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    23 Much 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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    15 Now 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.

    16 Then 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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    34 So shall your poverty come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
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    74%

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

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

  • Prov 10:4
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    4 He becomes poor who deals with a slack hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

  • Prov 28:3
    74%

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

  • Prov 28:8
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    8 He 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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    31 He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy on the poor.

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

  • Job 5:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

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

    16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its 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
    73%

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

  • Jas 1:10
    73%

    10 But 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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    6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but in the income of the wicked is trouble.

  • Prov 10:16
    73%

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

  • Prov 13:11
    73%

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

  • Prov 29:7
    73%

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

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

  • Ps 10:2
    72%

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

  • Amos 5:11
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    11 Since 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
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    22 The blessing of the LORD makes rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.

  • Jas 5:1-2
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    72%

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

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

  • Ps 52:7
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    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.

  • Prov 28:22
    72%

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

  • Ps 49:6
    72%

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

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

  • Prov 22:7
    72%

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

  • Prov 11:4
    72%

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

  • Ps 10:10
    72%

    10 He crouches and humbles himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.

  • Job 15:21
    72%

    21 A 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 scales the city of the mighty and casts down the strength of its confidence.

  • Job 20:19
    71%

    19 Because 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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    1 Blessed is he who considers the poor; the LORD will deliver him in times of trouble.

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

  • Job 15:28
    71%

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

  • Prov 28:27
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    27 He who gives to the poor shall not lack, but he who hides his eyes will have many curses.

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

  • Ps 14:6
    71%

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