Proverbs 10:3
The Lord will not let the upright be in need of food, but he puts far from him the desire of the evil-doers.
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In Context
2Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.
4He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.
Cross References
Job 5:20When there is need of food he will keep you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
Job 20:5That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute?
Job 20:28The produce of his house is taken away into another country, like things given into the hands of others in the day of wrath.
Psalms 33:19To keep their souls from death; and to keep them living in time of need.
Psalms 34:10\34:9\Keep yourselves in the fear of the Lord, all you his saints; for those who do so will have no need of anything.
Psalms 37:19They will not be shamed in the evil time, and in the days when all are in need of food they will have enough.
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 →