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Selected Verse: Proverbs 10:15 - King James

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Pr 10:15 King James The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Both by trusting in "uncertain riches" (Ti1 6:17), or by the evils of poverty (Pro 30:9), men, not fearing God, fall into dangers.
 
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9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
39 They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.
21 The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.