Proverbs 10:3
The Lord will not famish the soule of the righteous: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
2The treasures of wickednesse profite nothing: but righteousnesse deliuereth from death.
4A slouthfull hand maketh poore: but the hand of the diligent maketh riche.
Cross References
Job 5:20In famine he shall deliuer thee from death: and in battel from the power of the sworde.
Job 20:5That the reioycing of the wicked is short, and that the ioy of hypocrites is but a moment?
Job 20:28The increase of his house shall go away: it shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
Psalms 33:19To deliuer their soules from death, and to preserue them in famine.
Psalms 34:10The lyons doe lacke and suffer hunger, but they, which seeke the Lord, shall want nothing that is good.
Psalms 37:19They shall not be confounded in the perilous time, and in the daies of famine they shall haue ynough.
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 →