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 Bible (Challoner, 1752)
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 33:19The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart: and he will save the humble of spirit.
Psalms 34:10All my bones shall say: Lord, who is like to thee? Who deliverest the poor from the hand of them that are stronger than he; the needy and the poor from them that strip him.
Psalms 37:19For I will declare my iniquity: and I will think for 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 →