Proverbs 10:15

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 18:11 : 11 The wealth of a rich person is like a strong city, and it is like a high wall in his imagination.
  • Prov 19:7 : 7 All the relatives of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends avoid him– one who chases words, which are nothing.
  • Ps 52:7 : 7 “Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others.”
  • Mark 10:24 : 24 The disciples were astonished at these words. But again Jesus said to them,“Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
  • Luke 12:19 : 19 And I will say to myself,“You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Command those who are rich in this world’s goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.
  • Prov 14:20 : 20 A poor person will be disliked even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many.
  • Job 31:24-25 : 24 “If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold,‘You are my security!’ 25 if I have rejoiced because of the extent of my wealth, or because of the great wealth my hand had gained,
  • Ps 49:6 : 6 They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
  • Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court, 23 for the LORD will plead their case and will rob the life those who are robbing them.
  • Eccl 7:12 : 12 For wisdom provides protection, just as money provides protection. But the advantage of knowledge is this: Wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
  • Jer 9:23 : 23 The LORD says,“Wise people should not boast that they are wise. Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful. Rich people should not boast that they are rich.
  • Mic 2:1-2 : 1 Land Robbers Will Lose Their Land Beware wicked schemers, those who devise calamity as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so. 2 They confiscate the fields they desire, and seize the houses they want. They defraud people of their homes, and deprive people of the land they have inherited.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 18:11
    83%

    11The wealth of a rich person is like a strong city, and it is like a high wall in his imagination.

  • Prov 14:20
    78%

    20A poor person will be disliked even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many.

  • Prov 28:11
    78%

    11A rich person is wise in his own opinion, but a discerning poor person can evaluate him properly.

  • Prov 22:16
    78%

    16The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.

  • Prov 13:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth.

    8The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth, thus the poor person has never heard a threat.

  • Prov 19:4
    77%

    4Wealth adds many friends, but a poor person is separated from his friend.

  • Prov 6:11
    76%

    11and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.

  • Prov 13:23
    75%

    23Abundant food may come from the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.

  • Eccl 9:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15However, a poor but wise man lived in the city, and he could have delivered the city by his wisdom, but no one listened to that poor man.

    16So I concluded that wisdom is better than might, but a poor man’s wisdom is despised; no one ever listens to his advice.

  • Prov 24:34
    75%

    34and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber.”

  • Eccl 5:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13Materialism Thwarts Enjoyment of Life Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

    14Then that wealth was lost through bad luck; although he fathered a son, he has nothing left to give him.

  • Prov 10:4
    74%

    4The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.

  • Prov 28:3
    74%

    3A poor person who oppresses the weak is like a driving rain without food.

  • Prov 28:8
    74%

    8The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.

  • Prov 14:31
    73%

    31The one who oppresses the poor has insulted his Creator, but whoever honors him shows favor to the needy.

  • Ps 37:16
    73%

    16The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,

  • Job 5:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15So he saves from the sword that comes from their mouth, even the poor from the hand of the powerful.

    16Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts its mouth.

  • Prov 10:14
    73%

    14Those who are wise store up knowledge, but foolish speech leads to imminent destruction.

  • Prov 28:6
    73%

    6A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.

  • Jas 1:10
    73%

    10But the rich person’s pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow.

  • Prov 15:6
    73%

    6In the house of the righteous is abundant wealth, but the income of the wicked will be ruined.

  • Prov 10:16
    73%

    16The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment.

  • Prov 13:11
    73%

    11Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.

  • Prov 29:7
    73%

    7The righteous person cares for the legal rights of the poor; the wicked does not understand such knowledge.

  • Prov 18:23
    73%

    23A poor person makes supplications, but a rich man answers harshly.

  • Ps 10:2
    72%

    2The wicked arrogantly chase the oppressed; the oppressed are trapped by the schemes the wicked have dreamed up.

  • Amos 5:11
    72%

    11Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.

  • Prov 10:22
    72%

    22The blessing from the LORD makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.

  • Jas 5:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1Warning to the Rich Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.

    2Your riches have rotted and your clothing has become moth-eaten.

  • Ps 52:7
    72%

    7“Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others.”

  • Prov 28:22
    72%

    22The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.

  • Ps 49:6
    72%

    6They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

  • Prov 11:28
    72%

    28The one who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

  • Prov 22:7
    72%

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

  • Prov 11:4
    72%

    4Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Ps 10:10
    72%

    10His victims are crushed and beaten down; they are trapped in his sturdy nets.

  • Job 15:21
    72%

    21Terrifying sounds fill his ears; in a time of peace marauders attack him.

  • Prov 21:22
    72%

    22A wise man went up against the city of the mighty and brought down the stronghold in which they trust.

  • Job 20:19
    71%

    19For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them; he has seized a house which he did not build.

  • Ps 41:1
    71%

    1For the music director; a psalm of David. How blessed is the one who treats the poor properly! When trouble comes, may the LORD deliver him.

  • Prov 15:25
    71%

    25The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but he maintains the boundaries of the widow.

  • Job 15:28
    71%

    28he lived in ruined towns and in houses where no one lives, where they are ready to crumble into heaps.

  • Prov 28:27
    71%

    27The one who gives to the poor will not lack, but whoever shuts his eyes to them will receive many curses.

  • Prov 11:11
    71%

    11A city is exalted by the blessing provided from the upright, but it is destroyed by the counsel of the wicked.

  • Ps 14:6
    71%

    6You want to humiliate the oppressed, even though the LORD is their shelter.