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Proverbs 10:15
The substance of the rich, is his strong city, the terror of the poor, is their poverty.
Proverbs 10:15 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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Proverbs 10:15 in other translations
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
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In context
12 Hatred, stirreth up strifes, but, over all transgressions, love throweth a covering.
13 In the lips of the intelligent, is found wisdom, but, a rod, is for the back of him that lacketh sense.
14 Wise men, treasure up knowledge, but, the mouth of the foolish, is a terror near at hand.
15 The substance of the rich, is his strong city, the terror of the poor, is their poverty.
16 The labour of the righteous, [leadeth] to life, the increase of the lawless, to sin.
17 On the way to life, is he that heedeth correction, but, he that hateth reproof, is going astray.
18 He that concealeth hatred, hath false lips, and he that sendeth forth slander, the same, is a dullard.
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