15The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poor is their poverty.


In Context

12 Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love covereth all transgressions.

13 In the lips of an intelligent man wisdom is found; but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

14 The wise lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the fool is near destruction.

15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

16 The labour of a righteous man tendeth to life; the revenue of a wicked man, to sin.

17 Keeping instruction is the path to life; but he that forsaketh reproof goeth astray.

Proverbs 10:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:15The rich man’s wealth [is] his strong city: the destruction of the poor [is] their poverty.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:15The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:15The substance of a rich man is the city of his strength: the fear of the poor is their poverty.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:15The rich man's wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:15The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:15The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:15The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:15The wealth of the rich is his strong city, The ruin of the poor is their poverty.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:15The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.