Albert Barnes Commentary Proverbs 10:15

"The rich man`s wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty." — Proverbs 10:15 (ASV)

Destruction - That which crushes, throws into ruins. Wealth secures its possessors against many dangers; poverty exposes people to worse evils than itself, meanness, servility, and cowardice. Below the surface there lies, perhaps, a grave irony against the rich; see Proverbs 18:11.