Proverbs 10:15

World English Bible (2000)

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, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.
  • Prov 19:7 : 7 All the relatives of the poor shun him: how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.
  • Ps 52:7 : 7 "Behold, this is the man who didn't make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness."
  • Mark 10:24 : 24 The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again, "Children, how hard is it for those who trust in riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!
  • Luke 12:19 : 19 I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."'
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;
  • Prov 14:20 : 20 The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends.
  • Job 31:24-25 : 24 "If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;' 25 If I have 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 in the multitude of their riches--
  • Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush the needy in court; 23 for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.
  • Eccl 7:12 : 12 For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
  • Jer 9:23 : 23 Thus says Yahweh, Don't let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, don't let the rich man glory in his riches;
  • Mic 2:1-2 : 1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand. 2 They covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and 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, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.

  • Prov 14:20
    78%

    20The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends.

  • Prov 28:11
    78%

    11The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.

  • Prov 22:16
    78%

    16Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

  • Prov 13:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

    8The ransom of a man's life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.

  • Prov 19:4
    77%

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

  • Prov 6:11
    76%

    11so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

  • Prov 13:23
    75%

    23An abundance of food is in poor people's fields, but injustice sweeps it away.

  • Eccl 9:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15Now a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man 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
    75%

    34so your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

    14Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

  • Prov 10:4
    74%

    4He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

  • Prov 28:3
    74%

    3A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.

  • Prov 28:8
    74%

    8He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

  • Prov 14:31
    73%

    31He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

  • Ps 37:16
    73%

    16Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.

  • Job 5:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

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

    16So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.

  • Prov 10:14
    73%

    14Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

  • Prov 28:6
    73%

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

  • Jas 1:10
    73%

    10and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.

  • Prov 15:6
    73%

    6In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.

  • Prov 10:16
    73%

    16The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

  • Prov 13:11
    73%

    11Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

  • Prov 29:7
    73%

    7The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren't concerned about knowledge.

  • Prov 18:23
    73%

    23The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.

  • Ps 10:2
    72%

    2In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

  • Amos 5:11
    72%

    11Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.

  • Prov 10:22
    72%

    22Yahweh's blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

  • Jas 5:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.

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

  • Ps 52:7
    72%

    7"Behold, this is the man who didn't make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness."

  • Prov 28:22
    72%

    22A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn't know that poverty waits for him.

  • Ps 49:6
    72%

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

  • Prov 11:28
    72%

    28He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

  • Prov 22:7
    72%

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

  • Prov 11:4
    72%

    4Riches don't profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Ps 10:10
    72%

    10The helpless are crushed. They collapse. They fall under his strength.

  • Job 15:21
    72%

    21A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come on him.

  • Prov 21:22
    72%

    22A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and brings down the strength of its confidence.

  • Job 20:19
    71%

    19For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

  • Ps 41:1
    71%

    1Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.

  • Prov 15:25
    71%

    25Yahweh will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow's borders intact.

  • Job 15:28
    71%

    28He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.

  • Prov 28:27
    71%

    27One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes 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 frustrate the plan of the poor, because Yahweh is his refuge.