Proverbs Chapter 10 verse 15 Holy Bible
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
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The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.
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The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
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The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
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The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
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The wealth of the rich `is' his strong city, The ruin of the poor `is' their poverty.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 15. - His strong city (Proverbs 18:11). Wealth is a help in many ways, securing from dangers, giving time and opportunity for acquiring wisdom, making one independent and free in action (Ecclesiastes 7:12; Ecclus. 40:25, etc.). The destruction of the poor is their poverty. The poor are crushed, exposed to all kinds of evil, moral and material, by their want of means. The word for poor is here dal, which implies weakness and inability to help one's self; the other word commonly used for "poor" is rash, which signifies rather "impecuniosity," opposed to "wealthy." So in the present passage the LXX. renders ἀσθενῶν, "the feeble." The poor were but lightly regarded till Christ pronounced the benediction, "Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God" (Luke 6:20). The view of Theoguis ('Paraen.,' 177) will speak the experience of many - Καὶ γὰρ ἀνὴρ πενίῃ δεδμημένος οὔτέ τι εἰπεῖν Οὔθ ἕρξαι δύναται γλῶσσα δὲ οἱ δέδεται "A man, by crushing poverty subdued,Can freely nothing either say or do -His very tongue is tied."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(15) The rich man's wealth is his strong city--i.e., an actual protection to him against his enemies, for by it he can get aid; or (as Proverbs 18:11) it gives him the consciousness of power, courage: whereas poverty drags a man down, and prevents his advance in life, or makes him timid, and unable to defend himself.
