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 him that hath discernment wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

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

16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life; the increase of the wicked to sin.

17 He is in the way of life that heedeth correction: but he that forsaketh reproof erreth.

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 Darby 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 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.