Proverbs 10:3
The Lorde wyll not let the soule of the righteous suffer hunger: but he taketh away the richesse of the vngodly.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
In Context
2Treasures that are wickedly gotten, profite nothing: but righteousnesse deliuereth from death.
4An idle hande maketh poore: but a quicke labouring hande maketh riche.
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 →