15 The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 10:15
The Righteous and the Wicked: Wisdom in Speech, Work, Wealth, and Life
The chapter moves as a concentrated collection rather than a single linear argument. Its repeated contrasts form a moral portrait of the righteous and the wicked, with major clusters around family, work, wealth, speech, discipline, desire, fear, and destiny.
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Verse 15
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The wealth ה֣וֹן H1952 Noun - masculine singular of the rich man עָ֭שִׁיר H6223 Adjective - masculine singular is his fortified עֻזּ֑וֹ H5797 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular city קִרְיַ֣ת H7151 Noun - feminine singular construct but poverty רֵישָֽׁם׃ H7389 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural is the ruin מְחִתַּ֖ת H4288 Noun - feminine singular construct of the poor דַּלִּ֣ים H1800 Adjective - masculine plural construct