15The 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 wealthה֣וֹןH1952Noun - masculine singularof the rich manעָ֭שִׁירH6223Adjective - masculine singularis his fortifiedעֻזּ֑וֹH5797Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularcityקִרְיַ֣תH7151Noun - feminine singular constructbut povertyרֵישָֽׁם׃H7389Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluralis the ruinמְחִתַּ֖תH4288Noun - feminine singular constructof the poorדַּלִּ֣יםH1800Adjective - masculine plural construct