Proverbs 10:3
LORD will not allow the soul of a righteous man to famish, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.
4He who works with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
Cross References
Job 5:20In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
Job 20:5that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the profane but for a moment?
Job 20:28The increase of his house shall depart, flowed away in the day of his wrath.
Psalms 33:19to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
Psalms 34:10The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek LORD shall not want any good thing.
Psalms 37:19They shall not be put to shame in the time of evil, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:3-4
2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. 3 The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked. These two verses speak to the same purport, and the latter may be the reason of the former. 1. That wealth which men get unjustly will do them no good, because God will blast it: Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, v. 2 . The treasures of wicked people, much more the treasure which they have made themselves masters of… Read the whole commentary →