Proverbs 18:11

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit. The rich man's wealth - See Proverbs 10:15.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

What 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 i...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 18:1 . MT yields no satisfactory sense. The LXX reads The man who wishes to separate from his friends seeks pretexts, but is always liabl...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

as . [it is]as. conceit . imagination. See note on Proverbs 25:11 .
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Lit. 'One who separates himself seeks desire, quarrels with all wisdom.' This would mean that a solitary recluse follows his own wishes and oppo...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 19 THE EVIL OF ISOLATION "He that separates himself follows after his own desire, but against all sound wisdom he shows his teeth."- Pro...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit. Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour i...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city ,.... In which he dwells, over which he presides; in which he places his trust and confidence, and thinks...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit. Ver. 11. The rich man's wealth is his strong city.] It is hard...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The name of the Lord That is, the Lord, as he hath revealed himself in his works, and especially in his word, by his promises, and the declarations...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He trusts to his wealth, as that which will either enable him to resist his enemy, or at least purchase his favour.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Fool Destroys Others And Is Therefore Himself Destroyed, But The Righteous Are Kept Safe ( Proverbs 18:8-13 ). In this subsection there is an...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 18:10 . Safe, or, lifted high . MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 18:10-11 TWO CITADELS I. The citadel of him who t...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 18:10-11 We have here the "strong tower" and the "strong city;" the man lifted up above danger on the battlements of the one, and the man...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 18:1 . Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. יתגלע yithgalâ; this word occurs but t...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 18:1 This is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations. The Authorized Version gives, Through desire...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 11. The rich man's wealth is his strong city and as an high wall in his own conceit, his own foolish imagination; for it is not a tower like the...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 32:31 ; Ecclesiastes 7:12 ; Job 31:24 ; Job 31:25 ; Luke 12:19-21 ; Proverbs 10:15 ; Proverbs 11:4 ; Psalms 49:6-9 ; Psalms 52:5...

¹¹ The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 18:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 18:11