Proverbs 10:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. ”

Proverbs 10:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Destruction - That which crushes, throws into ruins. Wealth secures its possessors against many dangers; poverty exposes men to worse evils than itself, meanness, servility, and cowardice. Below...
Proverbs 10:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The rich man's wealth [is] his (h) strong city: the destruction of the poor [is] their poverty. (h) And so makes him bold to do evil, while poverty bridles the poor from many evil things.
Proverbs 10:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:2 ( cf. Psalms 3:7 ). righteousness: the growth of the conception of righteousness is an important subject. As in the Pss., there is a specific class the righteous opposed to the...
Proverbs 10:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

his strong city. Hebrew city of his strength. Figure of speech Antimereia. App-6. destruction . that which destroys them. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Effect). poor . weak. Hebrew. dal....
Proverbs 10:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. The rich man's wealth is his strong city - Behold a mystery in providence; there is not a rich man on earth...
Proverbs 10:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty - i:e., in the e...
Proverbs 10:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Here we reach the first collection of what were supposed to be Solomon's proverbs. Most of them consist of two lines parallel to each other. The parallelism is one of contrast, or agreement, or expla...
Proverbs 10:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city — i.e., an actual protection to him against his enemies, for by it he can get aid; or (as Proverbs 18:11 ) it gives him the consciousness of power, coura...
Proverbs 10:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 11 WEALTH "Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death." Proverbs 10:2 "O'er weening statesmen have full long relied On fleets and armies and exter...
Proverbs 10:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Righteous and the Wicked Proverbs 10:1-16 Wealth has its advantages, which are more than apparent. The rich man's wealth is his strong city , Proverbs 10:15 ; but the treasures which have...
Proverbs 10:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here begin the proverbs proper. In this collection they are antithetical, They present a sharp contrast between wisdom and folly in the outworking of such in practical life. Seeing that this is indee...
Proverbs 10:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. Bles...
Proverbs 10:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city ,.... What a fortified city is to persons in time of war, that is a rich man's wealth to him; by it he can defend himself from the injuries of others, and...
Proverbs 10:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city: the destruction of the poor [is] their poverty. Ver. 15. The rich man's wealth, &c.] Wealthy worldlings think themselves simply the better and the sa...
Proverbs 10:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The rich man's wealth is his strong city It often redeems him from dangers and calamities: or it is such in his own imagination, as it is explained Proverbs 18:11 . It makes him confident and secu...
Proverbs 10:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. This may be taken two ways:-- 1. As a reason why we should be diligent in our business,...
Proverbs 10:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Is his strong city; either, 1. Really, as money is called a defence , Ecclesiastes 7:12 , because it ofttimes redeems a man from dangers and calamities. Or, 2. In his own conceit , as it i...
Proverbs 10:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Proverbs Of Solomon ( Proverbs 10:1 to Proverbs 22:16 ). The proverbs in this section are now introduced by the brief subheading ‘The Proverbs Of Solomon'. Contrast ‘The sayings of Solomon,...
Proverbs 10:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 10:16 . Labour , i.e. , “the gain,” “the reward of labour.” Fruit , “gain,” antithetical to the subject of the first clause. MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH— Prove...
Proverbs 10:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 10:1 . The Proverbs of Solomon. The nine preseding Chapter s may be regarded as a vestibule to the temple. Wisdom has been personified, and folly thrown into the darker shades. We have ha...
Proverbs 10:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city. The money power Here he is describing what is, rather than prescribing what ought to be. In all ages and in all lands money has been a mighty power, an...
Proverbs 10:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1-22:16 Part III . FIRST GREAT COLLECTION (375) OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS . Verse 1-12:28 First section. The sections are noted by their commencing usually with t...
Proverbs 10:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 15. The rich man's wealth is his strong city, it serves as his bulwark in adversity and enables him to go forward with confidence and energy; the destruction of the poor is their poverty, for...
Proverbs 10:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 6:17 ; Ecclesiastes 7:12 ; Jeremiah 9:23 ; Job 31:24 ; Job 31:25 ; Luke 12:19 ; Micah 2:1 ; Micah 2:2 ; Mark 10:24 ; Proverbs 14:20 ; Proverbs 18:11 ; Proverbs 19:7 ; Proverbs...
Proverbs 10:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Wealth — It often redeems him from dangers and calamities. Poverty — Is the cause of their ruin.

Proverbs 10:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 10:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 10:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 10:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 10:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 10:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 10:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 10:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 10:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 10:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 10:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 10:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 10:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 10:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 10:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 10:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 10:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 10:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 10:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 10:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 10:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 10:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes