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Proverbs 18

Prov. 18:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The rich man’s
`ashiyr (Hebrew #6223)
rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)
KJV usage: rich (man).
Pronounce: aw-sheer'
Origin: from 6238
wealth
hown (Hebrew #1952)
wealth; by implication, enough
KJV usage: enough, + for nought, riches, substance, wealth.
Pronounce: hone
Origin: from the same as 1951 in the sense of 202
is his strong
`oz (Hebrew #5797)
from 5810; strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise)
KJV usage: boldness, loud, might, power, strength, strong.
Pronounce: oze
Origin: or (fully) rowz {oze}
city
qiryah (Hebrew #7151)
a city
KJV usage: city.
Pronounce: kir-yaw'
Origin: from 7136 in the sense of flooring, i.e. building
, and as an high
sagab (Hebrew #7682)
a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) lofty, especially inaccessible; by implication, safe, strong; used literally and figuratively --defend, exalt, be excellent, (be, set on) high, lofty, be safe, set up (on high), be too strong.
Pronounce: saw-gab'
wall
chowmah (Hebrew #2346)
a wall of protection
KJV usage: wall, walled.
Pronounce: kho-maw'
Origin: feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join
in his own conceit
maskiyth (Hebrew #4906)
a figure (carved on stone, the wall, or any object); figuratively, imagination
KJV usage: conceit, image(-ry), picture, X wish.
Pronounce: mas-keeth'
Origin: from the same as 7906
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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 10:15• 15The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poor is their poverty. (Prov. 10:15)
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Prov. 11:4• 4Wealth profiteth not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivereth from death. (Prov. 11:4)
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Deut. 32:31• 31For their rock is not as our Rock: Let our enemies themselves be judges. (Deut. 32:31)
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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. 49:6‑9• 6They depend upon their wealth, and boast themselves in the abundance of their riches. …
 7None can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him,
 8(For the redemption of their soul is costly, and must be given up for ever,)
 9That he should still live perpetually, and not see corruption. (Psa. 49:6‑9)
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Psa. 52:5‑7• 5*God shall likewise destroy thee for ever; he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy tent, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
 6The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying,
 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. 52:5‑7)
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Psa. 62:10‑11• 10Put not confidence in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if wealth increase, set not your heart upon it.
 11Once hath God spoken, twice have I heard this, that strength belongeth unto God. (Psa. 62:10‑11)
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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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Luke 12:19‑21• 19and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.
 20But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?
 21Thus is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. (Luke 12:19‑21)
• How different from what we have just been considering is the fortress of the man who, knowing not the name of the Lord, trusts in his wealth, fondly fancying, in his conceit, that he is forever secure. Riches soon vanish away, and leave him, who had made them his confidence, desolate and forsaken. How often did the Saviour, when on earth, have to rebuke those who trusted in uncertain riches! See especially Luke 6:24 and Mark 10:24. (“Proverbs Eighteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination.