Proverbs 10:15
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Context
This verse from Proverbs Chapter 10 connects to 10 cross-references. The main collection of Solomonic proverbs begins: 175 antithetical proverbs contrasting the righteous and the wicked, the wise and the foolish. The righteous is a fountain of life; the wicked's gain brings trouble. A wise son makes his father glad; …
Bản dịch khác
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The wealth of the rich <FI>is<Fi> his strong city, The ruin of the poor <FI>is<Fi> their poverty.
The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.
Tham chiếu chéo
If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and …
The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he …
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life …