Proverbs 18:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.”
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“A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, And as a high wall in his own imagination.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“The wealth of the rich <FI>is<Fi> the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 18:11 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 32:31For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.
- Job 31:24If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,
- Psalms 49:6They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
- Psalms 49:7No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.
- Psalms 52:5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
- Psalms 62:10Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
- Proverbs 10:15The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
- Proverbs 11:4Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
- Proverbs 28:11A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with discernment sees through him.
- Ecclesiastes 7:12For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
- Jeremiah 9:22Declare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men will fall like dung upon the open field, like newly cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather it.”
- Luke 12:19Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
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