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


In Context

12 Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.

13 In the lips of the intelligent is wisdom found, And a rod is for the back of him who is lacking understanding.

14 The wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool is near ruin.

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

16 The wage of the righteous is for life, The increase of the wicked for sin.

17 A traveller to life is he who is keeping instruction, And whoso is forsaking rebuke is erring.

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 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 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.