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


In Context

12 Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers over all wrongs.

13 Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.

14 Wise men store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.

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

16 The wages of the righteous bring them life, but the income of the wicked brings them punishment.

17 He who heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others 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 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 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.