Proverbs 10:3
Jehovah suffereth not the soul of the righteous [man] to famish; but he repelleth the craving of the wicked.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death.
4He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Cross References
Job 5:20In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
Job 20:5The exultation of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly man but for a moment?
Job 20:28The increase of his house shall depart, flowing away in the day of his anger.
Psalms 33:19To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
Psalms 34:10The young lions are in need and suffer hunger; but they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good.
Psalms 37:19they shall not be ashamed 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 →