Proverbs 10:15 (BSB)

The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

From Proverbs 10. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 10:15

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 10:15: This may be taken two ways: - 1. As a reason why we should be diligent in our business, that we may avoid that sinking dispiriting uneasiness which attends poverty, and may enjoy the benefit and comfort which those have that are beforehand in the world. Taking pains is really the way to make ourselves and our families easy. Or, rather, 2.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 10:15: The rich man's wealth is his strong city,.... What a fortified city is to persons in time of war, that is a rich man's wealth to him; by it he can defend himself from the injuries of others, and support himself and family in times of public calamity; for money is a defence, and answers all things, Ecc 7:12.
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 10:15: Both by trusting in "uncertain riches" (Ti1 6:17), or by the evils of poverty (Pro 30:9), men, not fearing God, fall into dangers.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 10:15: The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city: the destruction of the poor [is] their poverty. (h) And so makes him bold to do evil, while poverty bridles the poor from many evil things.