Proverbs 10:3

The Lord will not afflict with famine the soul of the just, and he will overthrow the treacheries of the impious.

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In The King James Version

The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

In Context

2Treasures of impiety will profit nothing. Truly, justice shall liberate from death.

4The neglectful hand has wrought destitution. But the hand of the steadfast prepares riches. He who advances by lies, this one feeds on the wind. For he is the same as one who runs after flying birds.

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Cross References

Job 5:20During famine, he will rescue you from death, and during war, from the hand of the sword.

Job 20:5that the praise of the impious shall be short, and the joy of the hypocrite lasts only a moment.

Job 20:28The offspring of his house will be exposed; he will be pulled down in the day of God’s wrath.

Psalms 33:19The Lord is near to those who are troubled in heart, and he will save the humble in spirit.

Psalms 34:10All my bones will say, “Lord, who is like you?” He rescues the needy from the hand of the stronger one, the indigent and the poor from those who plunder him.

Psalms 37:19For I will announce my iniquity, and I will think about my sin.

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 →

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