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Proverbs 18:11
Proverbs 18:11 is verse 11 of Proverbs chapter 18, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.
King James Version
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
World English Bible
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.
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Proverbs 18:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible
9 Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.
10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
11 A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.
12 Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
13 He who answers a matter before he hears it— this is folly and disgrace to him.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
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.
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,
Job 31:25if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,
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 49:8For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice,
Psalms 49:9that he should live on forever and not see decay.
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 52:6The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,
Psalms 52:7“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
Psalms 62:10Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
Psalms 62:11God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,
Ecclesiastes 7:12For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
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!”’
Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
Luke 12:21This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”