Proverbs 10:3
Yahweh does not let the soul of the righteous person go hungry, 1 but he frustrates the cravings of the wicked. 1
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2Treasures accumulated by wickedness have no value, 1 but doing what is right keeps you from death. 1
4A lazy hand causes a person to be poor, 1 but the hand of the diligent person gains riches. 1
Cross References
Job 5:20In famine he will ransom you from death, 1 and in war from the hands of the sword. 1
Job 20:5the triumph of a wicked man is short, 1 and the joy of a godless man lasts only for a moment? 1
Job 20:28The wealth of his house will vanish; 1 his goods will flow away on the day of God's wrath. 1
Psalms 33:19to deliver their lives from death 1 and to keep them alive in times of famine. 1
Psalms 34:10The young lions sometimes lack food and suffer hunger, 1 but those who seek Yahweh will not lack anything good. 1
Psalms 37:19They will not be ashamed when times are bad. 1 When famine comes, they will have enough to eat. 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 →