The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
//It’s easy to feel this way, isn’t it? If I just had a little more money, I’d be safe and all would be well. My fortress would be impregnable. I fall into that line of thought at times, as I’m at the point in life where I’m saving frantically for my own retirement.
But a few chapters later, we find a different opinion. Note that this verse starts out identical to the first but then changes direction:
The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale. –Proverbs 18:11
So we have a delicate balance. Wealth can provide protection, but can also be the source of pride, leading to downfall.
Luckily, wealth is something I’ll never have to worry about.
