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 the surface there lies, it may be, a grave irony against the rich; see Proverbs 18:11.
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Proverbs 10:15
15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.