Parallel Verses

NET Bible

The name of the Lord is like a strong tower; the righteous person runs to it and is set safely on high.

New American Standard Bible

The name of the Lord is a strong tower;
The righteous runs into it and is safe.

King James Version

The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

Holman Bible

The name of Yahweh is a strong tower;
the righteous run to it and are protected.

International Standard Version

The name of the LORD is a strong tower; a righteous person rushes to it and is lifted up above the danger.

A Conservative Version

The name of LORD is a strong tower. A righteous man runs into it, and is safe.

American Standard Version

The name of Jehovah is a strong tower; The righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

Amplified


The name of the Lord is a strong tower;
The righteous runs to it and is safe and set on high [far above evil].

Bible in Basic English

The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the upright man running into it is safe.

Darby Translation

The name of Jehovah is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

Julia Smith Translation

The name of Jehovah a tower of strength: into it the just one shall run and be exalted.

King James 2000

The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runs into it, and is safe.

Lexham Expanded Bible

A tower of strength is the name of Yahweh; into him the righteous will run and be safe.

Modern King James verseion

The name of Jehovah is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The name of the LORD is a strong castle, the righteous flyeth unto it, and shall be saved.

New Heart English Bible

The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

The Emphasized Bible

A tower of strength, is the Name of Yahweh, thereinto, runneth the righteous, and is safe.

Webster

The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

World English Bible

The name of Yahweh is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.

Youngs Literal Translation

A tower of strength is the name of Jehovah, Into it the righteous runneth, and is set on high.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

of the Lord

Usage: 0

is a strong
עוז עז 
`oz 
Usage: 55

מגדּלה מגדּל 
Migdal 
Usage: 50

the righteous
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

רוּץ 
Ruwts 
Usage: 103

Devotionals

Devotionals about Proverbs 18:10

Devotionals containing Proverbs 18:10

References

American

Fausets

Morish

Images Proverbs 18:10

Prayers for Proverbs 18:10

Context Readings

How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness

9 The one who is slack in his work is a brother to one who destroys. 10 The name of the Lord is like a strong tower; the righteous person runs to it and is set safely on high. 11 The wealth of a rich person is like a strong city, and it is like a high wall in his imagination.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:3

My God is my rocky summit where I take shelter, my shield, the horn that saves me, my stronghold, my refuge, my savior. You save me from violence!

Psalm 18:2

The Lord is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer. My God is my rocky summit where I take shelter, my shield, the horn that saves me, and my refuge.

Psalm 61:3-4

Indeed, you are my shelter, a strong tower that protects me from the enemy.

Exodus 34:5-7

The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed the Lord by name.

Psalm 91:2

I say this about the Lord, my shelter and my stronghold, my God in whom I trust --

Psalm 144:2

who loves me and is my stronghold, my refuge and my deliverer, my shield and the one in whom I take shelter, who makes nations submit to me.

Genesis 32:11

Rescue me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, as well as the mothers with their children.

Genesis 32:28-29

"No longer will your name be Jacob," the man told him, "but Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have prevailed."

Exodus 3:13-15

Moses said to God, "If I go to the Israelites and tell them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' -- what should I say to them?"

1 Samuel 30:6

David was very upset, for the men were thinking of stoning him; each man grieved bitterly over his sons and daughters. But David drew strength from the Lord his God.

2 Samuel 22:45-47

Foreigners are powerless before me; when they hear of my exploits, they submit to me.

2 Samuel 22:51

He gives his chosen king magnificent victories; he is faithful to his chosen ruler, to David and to his descendants forever!"

Psalm 27:1

By David. The Lord delivers and vindicates me! I fear no one! The Lord protects my life! I am afraid of no one!

Psalm 56:3-4

When I am afraid, I trust in you.

Psalm 91:14

The Lord says, "Because he is devoted to me, I will deliver him; I will protect him because he is loyal to me.

Isaiah 9:6

For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Extraordinary Strategist, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 26:4

Trust in the Lord from this time forward, even in Yah, the Lord, an enduring protector!

Isaiah 57:15

For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: "I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.

Jeremiah 23:6

Under his rule Judah will enjoy safety and Israel will live in security. This is the name he will go by: 'The Lord has provided us with justice.'

Habakkuk 3:19

The sovereign Lord is my source of strength. He gives me the agility of a deer; he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain. (This prayer is for the song leader. It is to be accompanied by stringed instruments.)

Matthew 1:23

"Look! The virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will call him Emmanuel," which means "God with us."

Revelation 1:8

"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God -- the one who is, and who was, and who is still to come -- the All-Powerful!

Genesis 17:1

When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, "I am the sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.

Exodus 6:3

I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name 'the Lord' I was not known to them.

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