The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
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Gill's Exposition
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 himself safe from every enemy and from all trouble: as…
Barnes' Notes
What the name of the Lord is to the righteous Pro 18:10, that wealth is to the rich. He flees to it for refuge as to a strong city; but it is so only “in his own conceit” or imagination. High - In the…
Matthew Henry
Having described the firm and faithful defence of the righteous man (Pro 18:10), Solomon here shows what is the false and deceitful defence of the rich man, that has his portion and treasure in the…
Cambridge Bible
his strong city There is a sense in which it is really so (Pro 10:15); but a sense also in which, in designed contrast to the "strong tower" of the preceding verse, it is only so in his own…
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