The name of the Lord
is a strong tower.
The righteous run into it
and are safe.
God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.
A strong tower is a place of safety. Proverbs 18:10 says the name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run into it and are safe. The name stands for the person and character of God. To run into the name is to trust who He is. The tower is not a building. It is the Lord Himself as refuge.
- The righteous run into it. Safety is for those who take refuge in Him, not for those who trust in wealth or their own strength.
- The contrast in the next verse is sharp. The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, but it is only in his imagination.
- The same truth appears in the Psalms. God is a refuge, a fortress, a rock, a stronghold.
- The name of the Lord is the place of safety. Calling on His name is not empty words. It is running into the tower.
The tower does not move. The righteous run to it. They are safe because He is there.
The name of the Lord is a strong tower.
The righteous run into it and are safe.
God is our refuge and strength.
A very present help in trouble.
- Proverbs 18:10 is the primary text.
- The strong tower is the name of the Lord, not a physical structure.
- The righteous run into it. Safety comes by taking refuge in God.
- The next verse contrasts this with the rich man’s imagined strong city.
- Psalms repeatedly call God a refuge, fortress, and stronghold.
- To run into the name is to trust the person and character of the Lord.
- The Tower – The name of the Lord.
- The Runner – The righteous who take refuge in Him.
- The Result – They are safe.
- The Contrast – Wealth as an imagined strong city.
- The Refuge – God Himself as fortress and stronghold.
- The Name – Who God is, not merely a word spoken.
- Proverbs 18:10 – “The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.”
- Proverbs 18:11 – “A rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his imagination.”
- Psalm 46:1 – “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
- Psalm 61:3 – “For you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the enemy.”
- Psalm 18:2 – “The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.”
- Psalm 91:2 – “I will say to the Lord, ‘My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.’”
The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
You have been my refuge, a strong tower against the enemy.
The strong tower is the name of the Lord. The righteous run into it and are safe. Wealth is only an imagined city. He is the refuge.
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