Proverbs 18:11
The wealth of the rich `is' the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.
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- Prov 10:15 : 15 The wealth of the rich `is' his strong city, The ruin of the poor `is' their poverty.
- Prov 11:4 : 4 Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.
- Eccl 7:12 : 12 For wisdom `is' a defense, money `is' a defence, And the advantage of the knowledge of wisdom `is', She reviveth her possessors.
- Luke 12:19-21 : 19 and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry. 20 `And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare -- to whom shall they be? 21 so `is' he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'
- Deut 32:31 : 31 For not as our Rock `is' their rock, (And our enemies `are' judges!)
- Job 31:24-25 : 24 If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, `My trust,' 25 If I rejoice because great `is' my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found,
- Ps 49:6-9 : 6 Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish. 7 A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement. 8 And precious `is' the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased -- to the age. 9 And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.
- Ps 52:5-7 : 5 Also -- God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah. 6 And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him. 7 `Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'
- Ps 62:10-11 : 10 Trust not in oppression, And in robbery become not vain, Wealth -- when it increaseth -- set not the heart. 11 Once hath God spoken, twice I heard this, That `strength `is' with God.'
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15 The wealth of the rich `is' his strong city, The ruin of the poor `is' their poverty.
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7 `Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'
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10 A tower of strength `is' the name of Jehovah, Into it the righteous runneth, and is set on high.
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7 There is who is making himself rich, and hath nothing, Who is making himself poor, and wealth `is' abundant.
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17 and thou hast said in thy heart, My power, and the might of my hand, hath made for me this wealth:
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11 Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.
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14 A little city, and few men in it, and a great king hath come unto it, and hath surrounded it, and hath built against it great bulwarks;
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18 Before destruction `is' pride, And before stumbling -- a haughty spirit.'
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10 and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away;
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10 Trust not in oppression, And in robbery become not vain, Wealth -- when it increaseth -- set not the heart.
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17 and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits?
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16 The gift of a man maketh room for him, And before the great it leadeth him.
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