Proverbs 10:15
World English Bible (WEB)
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
In context
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 every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- The rich man’s wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
- KJV King James Version
- The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
- ASV American Standard Version
- The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- The wealth of the rich [is] his strong city, The ruin of the poor [is] their poverty.
- DBY Darby Translation
- The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
- WBS Webster Bible
- The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.