Key Verse Spotlight
Proverbs 18:11 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“The rich man's wealth {is} his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.”
Proverbs 18:11
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
The name of the LORD {is} a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. {safe: Heb. set aloft}
The rich man's wealth {is} his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour {is} humility.
He that answereth a matter before he heareth {it}, it {is} folly and shame unto him. {answereth...: Heb. returneth a word}
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