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Proverbs 10:15

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The wealth of the rich is their fortified city,a

but poverty is the ruin of the poor.b

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  1. aPr 18:11
  2. bPr 19:7

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

A rich man’s wealth is his strong city;

the poverty of the poor is their ruin.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The wealth of the rich is their fortified city,

but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The wealth of the rich is his fortified city;

the poverty of the poor is their destruction.

NLTNew Living Translation

The wealth of the rich is their fortress;

the poverty of the poor is their destruction.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength;

the ruin of the poor is their poverty.

KJV 1900King James Version

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city:

The destruction of the poor is their poverty.