Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 18:11
11A rich person’s wealth is a strong city or like a high wall—in his imagination.
Proverbs 18:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
- New International Version (NIV)The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale.
- English Standard Version (ESV)A rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his imagination.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, And like a high wall in his own esteem.
Context of Proverbs 18:11
9One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys. 10The Name of Adonai is a strong tower. The righteous one runs into it and is set safely up high. A rich person’s wealth is a strong city or like a high wall—in his imagination. 12Before ruin a person’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor. 13One who answers before listening— that is his folly and his shame.
Read all of Proverbs 18Proverbs 18:11 word by word
ה֣וֹן עָ֭שִׁיר קִרְיַ֣ת עֻזּ֑וֹ וּכְחוֹמָ֥ה נִ֝שְׂגָּבָ֗ה בְּמַשְׂכִּיתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 18:11
- Proverbs 10:15The wealth of a rich man is a strong city. Poverty is the ruin of the poor.
- Proverbs 11:4Riches make no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
- Deuteronomy 32:31Surely their rock is not like our Rock, as even our enemies judge.
- Job 31:24“If I have put my confidence in gold or said to fine gold, ‘You are my security,’
- Psalms 49:6Why should I fear in evil days? when the iniquity of my deceivers surrounds me?
- Psalms 52:5You love evil instead of good, lying rather than speaking right. Selah
- Psalms 62:10Sons of Adam are a vapor, sons of man are an illusion. In balanced scales they go up— altogether they are less than a breath.
- Ecclesiastes 7:12For wisdom is a shelter as money is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: wisdom preserves the life of the one who possesses it.
- Luke 12:19And I’ll say to myself, ’O my soul, you have plenty of goods saved up for many years! So take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry.”’
Commentaries on Proverbs 18:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11The rich man's wealth - See Proverbs 10:15.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11What the name of the Lord is to the righteous Proverbs 18:10, that wealth is to the rich. He flees to it for refuge as to a strong city; but it is so only “in his own conceit” or imagination. High - In the Hebrew the same word as “safe” Proverbs 18:10, and manifestly used in reference to it.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. 1111. contrasts with Pr 18:10 (compare Pr 10:15). Such is a vain trust (compare Psa 73:6).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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