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


In Context

12 Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

13 Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.

14 Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

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

16 The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

17 He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof 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 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 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 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.