Proverbs 10:3
The Lord will not famish a righteous soul: but he will overthrow the life of the ungodly.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
In Context
2Treasures shall not profit the lawless: but righteousness shall deliver from death.
Cross References
Job 5:20In famine he shall deliver you from death: and in war he shall free you from the power of the sword.
Job 20:5But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, and the joy of transgressors is destruction:
Job 20:28Let destruction bring his house to an end; let a day of wrath come upon him.
Psalms 33:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but out of them all Lord will deliver them. 1
Psalms 34:10All my bones shall say, O Lord, who is like to you? delivering the poor out of the hand of them that are stronger than he, yes, the poor and needy one from them that spoil him. 1
Psalms 37:19But my enemies live, and are mightier than I: and they that hate me unjustly are multiplied. 1
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 →