Proverbs 18:10
Good News Translation
The LORD is like a strong tower, where the righteous can go and be safe.

New Revised Standard Version
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run into it and are safe.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD is a mighty tower where his people can run for safety--

New American Bible
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the just run to it and are safe.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the just runneth to it, and shall be exalted.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the just runneth to it, and shall be exalted.

name

Genesis 17:1 And after he began to be ninety and nine years old, the Lord appeared to him: and said unto him: I am the Almighty God: walk before me, and be perfect.

Exodus 3:13-15 Moses said to God: Lo, I shall go to the children of Israel, and say to them: The God of your fathers hath sent me to you. If they shall say to me: What is his name? What shall I say to them? . . .

Exodus 6:3 That appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, by the name of God Almighty: and my name ADONAI I did not shew them.

Exodus 34:5-7 And when the Lord was come down in a cloud, Moses stood with him, calling upon the name of the Lord. . . .

Isaiah 9:6 For a CHILD IS BORN to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 57:15 For thus saith the High and the Eminent that inhabiteth eternity: and his name is Holy, who dwelleth in the high and holy place, and with a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Jeremiah 23:6 In those days shall Juda be saved, and Israel shall dwell confidently: and this is the name that they shall call him: The Lord our just one.

Matthew 1:23 Behold a virgin shall be with child, and bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

Revelation 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, saith the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.

a strong

2 Samuel 22:3,51 God is my strong one, in him will I trust: my shield, and the horn of my salvation: he lifteth me up, and is my refuge: my saviour, thou wilt deliver me from iniquity. . . .

Psalm 18:2 The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer. My God is my helper, and in him will I put my trust. My protector, and the horn of my salvation, and my support.

Psalm 27:1 The psalm of David before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 61:3,4 For thou hast been my hope; a tower of strength against the face of the enemy. . . .

Psalm 91:2 He shall say to the Lord: Thou art my protector, and my refuge: my God, in him will I trust.

Psalm 144:2 My mercy, and my refuge: my support, and my deliverer: My protector, and I have hoped in him: who subdueth my people under me.

Isaiah 26:4 You have hoped in the Lord for evermore, in the Lord God mighty for ever.

the righteous

Genesis 32:11,28,29 Deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am greatly afraid of him; lest perhaps he come, and kill the mother with the children. . . .

2 Samuel 22:45-47 The sons of the stranger will resist me, at the hearing of the ear they will obey me. . . .

Psalm 56:3,4 From the height of the day I shall fear: but I will trust in thee. . . .

safe or set aloft

Psalm 91:14 Because he hoped in me I will deliver him: I will protect him because he hath known my name.

Habakkuk 3:19 The Lord God is my strength: and he will make my feet like the feet of harts: and he the conqueror will lead me upon my high places singing psalms.

Context
The Selfishness of the Unfriendly
9He that is loose and slack in his work, is the brother of him that wasteth his own works. 10The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the just runneth to it, and shall be exalted.11The substance of the rich man is the city of his strength, and as a strong wall compassing him about.…
Cross References
Exodus 3:15
And God said again to Moses: Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel: The Lord God of your fathers the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob hath sent me to you; this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

2 Samuel 22:2
And he said: The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my saviour.

2 Samuel 22:3
God is my strong one, in him will I trust: my shield, and the horn of my salvation: he lifteth me up, and is my refuge: my saviour, thou wilt deliver me from iniquity.

Psalm 18:2
The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer. My God is my helper, and in him will I put my trust. My protector, and the horn of my salvation, and my support.

Psalm 61:3
For thou hast been my hope; a tower of strength against the face of the enemy.

Psalm 91:2
He shall say to the Lord: Thou art my protector, and my refuge: my God, in him will I trust.

Psalm 144:2
My mercy, and my refuge: my support, and my deliverer: My protector, and I have hoped in him: who subdueth my people under me.

Proverbs 14:26
In the fear of the Lord is confidence of strength, and there shall be hope for his children.

Proverbs 29:25
He that feareth man shall quickly fall: he that trusteth in the Lord, shall be set on high.

Proverbs 18:9
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