Posted by Jeff Short on October 14, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
– Proverbs 18:11
This proverb is linked to the previous one with similar images, though wealth is contrasted with the name of the Lord as safety. Wealth has benefits and offers protections of a sort on earth, but those are limited. Wealth in itself is neither good nor bad, right nor wrong. Trusting in riches is to be ultimately confounded (Proverbs 11:4).
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Proverbs 18:11
Posted by Jeff Short on October 14, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
This proverb is linked to the previous one with similar images, though wealth is contrasted with the name of the Lord as safety. Wealth has benefits and offers protections of a sort on earth, but those are limited. Wealth in itself is neither good nor bad, right nor wrong. Trusting in riches is to be ultimately confounded (Proverbs 11:4).– Proverbs 18:11
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