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Prov. 10:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The richm man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

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Psa. 52:7• ⁷Behold the man that made not God his strength, but put confidence in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his avarice. (Psa. 52:7)

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Eccl. 7:12• ¹²For wisdom is a defence as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom maketh them that possess it to live. (Eccl. 7:12)

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Prov. 18:11• ¹¹The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination. (Prov. 18:11)

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Job 31:24‑25• ²⁴If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence!
²⁵If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much; (Job 31:24‑25)

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Psa. 49:6• ⁶They depend upon their wealth, and boast themselves in the abundance of their riches. … (Psa. 49:6)

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Psa. 52:7• ⁷Behold the man that made not God his strength, but put confidence in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his avarice. (Psa. 52:7)

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Eccl. 7:12• ¹²For wisdom is a defence as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom maketh them that possess it to live. (Eccl. 7:12)

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Jer. 9:23• ²³Thus saith Jehovah: Let not the wise glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty glory in his might; let not the rich glory in his riches: (Jer. 9:23)

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Mark 10:24• ²⁴And the disciples were amazed at his words. And Jesus again answering says to them, Children, how difficult it is that those who trust in riches should enter into the kingdom of God! (Mark 10:24)

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Luke 12:19• ¹⁹and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry. (Luke 12:19)

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1 Tim. 6:17• ¹⁷Enjoin on those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust on the uncertainty of riches; but in the God who affords us all things richly for our enjoyment; (1 Tim. 6:17)

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Prov. 14:20• ²⁰He that is poor is hated even of his own neighbour; but the rich hath many friends. (Prov. 14:20)

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Prov. 19:7• ⁷All the brethren of a poor man hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him: he pursueth them with words,--they are not to be found. (Prov. 19:7)

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Prov. 22:22‑23• ²²Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;
²³for Jehovah will plead their cause, and despoil the soul of those that despoil them. (Prov. 22:22‑23)

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Mic. 2:1‑2• ¹Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
²And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away; and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. (Mic. 2:1‑2)

• For Time alone, and in an era of peace, does this apply; for “riches profit not in the day of wrath”: neither does temporal poverty interfere with future glory. See Dives and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31). (“Proverbs Ten” by H.A. Ironside)

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The rich man’s wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poorf is their poverty.

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"Reduced," "exhausted," or "helpless," ch. 28.3; "weaker," as 2 Sam. 3.1.