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Proverbs 18

Prov. 18:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The rich man’s
`ashiyr (Hebrew #6223)
rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)
KJV usage: rich (man).
Pronounce: aw-sheer'
Origin: from 6238
wealth
hown (Hebrew #1952)
wealth; by implication, enough
KJV usage: enough, + for nought, riches, substance, wealth.
Pronounce: hone
Origin: from the same as 1951 in the sense of 202
is his strong
`oz (Hebrew #5797)
from 5810; strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise)
KJV usage: boldness, loud, might, power, strength, strong.
Pronounce: oze
Origin: or (fully) rowz {oze}
city
qiryah (Hebrew #7151)
a city
KJV usage: city.
Pronounce: kir-yaw'
Origin: from 7136 in the sense of flooring, i.e. building
, and as an high
sagab (Hebrew #7682)
a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) lofty, especially inaccessible; by implication, safe, strong; used literally and figuratively --defend, exalt, be excellent, (be, set on) high, lofty, be safe, set up (on high), be too strong.
Pronounce: saw-gab'
wall
chowmah (Hebrew #2346)
a wall of protection
KJV usage: wall, walled.
Pronounce: kho-maw'
Origin: feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join
in his own conceit
maskiyth (Hebrew #4906)
a figure (carved on stone, the wall, or any object); figuratively, imagination
KJV usage: conceit, image(-ry), picture, X wish.
Pronounce: mas-keeth'
Origin: from the same as 7906
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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 10:15• 15The rich one's wealth [is] his strong city;{HR}The poor's destruction [is] their poverty. (Prov. 10:15)
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Prov. 11:4• 4Wealth profiteth not in the day of wrath;{HR}But righteousness delivereth from death. (Prov. 11:4)
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Deut. 32:31• 31{i}For their rock is not as our Rock:{HR}Let our enemies themselves be judges.{HR}{/i} (Deut. 32:31)
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Job 31:24‑25• 24If I made gold my confidence,{HR}And to the pure gold said, My trust;
 25If I rejoiced because my weal [was] great,{HR}And because my hand found much; (Job 31:24‑25)
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Psa. 49:6‑9• 6Those who trust in their wealth{HR}And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches.
 7In no wise can a man redeem a brother,{HR}He giveth not to God a ransom for him
 8(But the redemption-price of their soul [is] precious,{HR}And it hath ceased forever),
 9That he should still live forever{HR}And not see corruption. (Psa. 49:6‑9)
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Psa. 52:5‑7• 5God shall likewise destroy thee forever;{HR}He shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of tent,{HR}And root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
 6The righteous also shall see and fear,{HR}And laugh at him.
 7Behold, the man that made not God his strength,{HR}But confided in the abundance of his riches;{HR}He strengthened himself in his wickedness. (Psa. 52:5‑7)
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Psa. 62:10‑11• 10Confide not in oppression,{HR}And in robbery be not vain;{HR}If riches increase,{HR}Set not [your] heart [on them].
 11Once hath God spoken;{HR}Twice have I heard this,{HR}That power [belongeth] to God. (Psa. 62:10‑11)
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Eccl. 7:12• 12For wisdom is a defence, [even as] money [is] a defence:{HR}But the excellency of knowledge [is, that]{HR}Wisdom preserveth the life of him that hath it. (Eccl. 7:12)
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Luke 12:19‑21• 19and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid up for many years; repose thyself; eat, drink, be merry.
 20But God said unto him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?
 21Thus is he who layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. (Luke 12:19‑21)
• How different from what we have just been considering is the fortress of the man who, knowing not the name of the Lord, trusts in his wealth, fondly fancying, in his conceit, that he is forever secure. Riches soon vanish away, and leave him, who had made them his confidence, desolate and forsaken. How often did the Savior, when on earth, have to rebuke those who trusted in uncertain riches! See especially Luke 6:24 and Mark 10:24. (“Proverbs Eighteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination.

W. Kelly Translation

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The rich man’s wealth [is] his strong city,{HR}And as a high wall in his own imagination.