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, courage: whereas poverty drags a man down, and prevents his advance in life, or makes him timid, and unable to defend himself.
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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.