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Proverbs 10:15 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. "
Proverbs 10:15
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
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Proverbs 10:1
"The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother."
Proverbs 10:2
"Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death."
Proverbs 10:3
"The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked."
Proverbs 10:4
"He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich."
Proverbs 10:5
"He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame."
Proverbs 10:6
"Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked."
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