Bible Strands
Proverbs 18:10
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Anonymous wisdom saying within a collection, bracketed by a proverb on sloth (18:9) and one on a rich man's self-delusion (18:11). No speaker or occasion is named.
The words — נִשְׂגָּב (nisgav), "set on high," is the verse's punchline: the outcome is not mere safety but elevation.
The thread — The same refuge motif appears in 2 Samuel 22:3 ("my stronghold, my refuge"), Psalms 91:2 ("my refuge and my fortress"), and Isaiah 26:4 ("the Rock eternal").
Why it lands — The verse is a test of where you actually run under pressure, not a description of a feeling. It pairs with 18:11's warning that wealth is a fortress only "in his imagination."
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
Cross-references
- 2 Samuel 22:3 My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.
- Isaiah 26:4 Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
- Psalms 91:2 I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
- Psalms 144:2 He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
- Psalms 61:3 For You have been my refuge, a tower of strength against the enemy.
- Psalms 27:1 Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?
- Psalms 18:2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- Genesis 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
- Revelation 1:8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
- Psalms 56:3 When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.