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Proverbs 18:10
10The name of the Lord is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
Proverbs 18:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The name of the Lord is a strong tower; The righteous run to it and are safe.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The name of the Lord is a strong fortress; the godly run to him and are safe.
Context of Proverbs 18:10
8The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts. 9One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys. The name of the Lord is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe. 11The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale. 12Before a downfall the heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.
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מִגְדַּל־עֹ֭ז שֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה בּֽוֹ־יָר֖וּץ צַדִּ֣יק וְנִשְׂגָּֽב׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 18:10
- Genesis 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless.
- Exodus 3:13Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?”
- Exodus 6:3I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name the Lord I did not make myself fully known to them.
- Exodus 34:5Then the Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the Lord.
- Isaiah 9:6For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Isaiah 57:15For this is what the high and exalted One says— he who lives forever, whose name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.
- Jeremiah 23:6In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. This is the name by which he will be called: The Lord Our Righteous Savior.
- Matthew 1:23“The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).
- Revelation 1:8“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”
- 2 Samuel 22:3my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation. He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior— from violent people you save me.
- Psalms 18:2The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- Psalms 27:1The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid?
- Psalms 61:3For you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the foe.
- Psalms 91:2I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
- Psalms 144:2He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
- Isaiah 26:4Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal.
Commentaries on Proverbs 18:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10The name of the Lord is a strong tower - The name of the Lord may be taken for the Lord himself; he is a strong tower, a refuge, and place of complete safety, to all that trust in him. What a strong fortress is to the besieged, the like is God to his persecuted, tempted, afflicted followers.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Safe - literally, as in the margin i. e., is exalted. Compare Psalm 18:2, Psalm 18:33.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-11Verses 10-11 The Divine power, made known in and through our Lord Jesus Christ, forms a strong tower for the believer, who relies on the Lord. How deceitful the defence of the rich man, who has his portion and treasure in this world! It is a strong city and a high wall only in his own conceit; for it will fail when most in need. They will be exposed to the just wrath of that Judge whom they despised as a Saviour.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-11In a troubled world, only the Lord can save. The rich might think their wealth is a strong defense, but money's power is limited (Proverbs 11:4; 13:8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. name of the Lord--manifested perfections (Psa 8:1; 20:2), as faithfulness, power, mercy, &c., on which men rely. is safe--literally, "set on high, out of danger" (Psa 18:2; 91:4).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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