Proverbs 10:3
The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
4Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
Cross References
Job 5:20In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
Job 20:28The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.
Psalms 33:19to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.
Psalms 34:10Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
Psalms 37:19In the time of evil they will not be ashamed, and in the days of famine they will 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 →