Proverbs 10:3
The Lord will not afflict the soul of the just with famine, and he will disappoint the deceitful practices of the wicked.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2Treasures of wickedness shall profit nothing: but justice shall deliver from death.
Cross References
Job 5:20In famine he shall deliver thee from death: and in battle, from the hand of the sword.
Job 20:5that the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.
Job 20:28The offspring of his house shall be exposed, he shall be pulled down in the day of God's wrath.
Psalms 33:19To deliver their souls from death; and feed them in famine.
Psalms 34:10Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
Psalms 37:19They shall not be confounded in the evil time; and in the days of famine they shall be filled :
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 →