Proverbs 10:3

The Lord shall not torment the soul of a just man with hunger; and he shall destroy the treasons of unpious men. (The Lord shall not torment the righteous with hunger; but he shall destroy the desires of the wicked.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

In Context

2Treasures of wickedness shall not profit; but rightfulness shall deliver from death. (Treasures gotten by wickedness shall not profit thee; but uprightness shall deliver thee from death.)

4A slow hand hath wrought neediness; but the hand of strong men maketh ready riches. Forsooth he that enforceth to get anything by leasings, feedeth the winds; soothly the same man followeth birds flying. (Lazy hands create neediness; but strong hands create riches. He who endeavoureth to get anything by lying, feedeth the wind; yea, that person runneth after birds in flight.)

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Cross References

Job 5:20In hunger he shall deliver thee from death, and in battle from the power of (the) sword.

Job 20:5that the praising of wicked men is short (-lived), and the joy of an hypocrite is at the likeness of a point soon passing (awayx).

Job 20:28The seed, or generation, of his house shall be open (or All that he hath in his house shall be destroyed); it shall be drawn down in the day of the strong vengeance of the Lord.

Psalms 33:19That he deliver their souls from death; and feed them in hunger. (So that he can save their souls from death; and feed them in times of famine.)

Psalms 34:10Rich men were needy, and were hungry; but men that seek the Lord shall not fail of all good (or but those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing).

Psalms 37:19They shall not be shamed in the evil time, and they shall be [ful] filled in the days of hunger;

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 →

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