Proverbs 10:3
Jehovah causeth not the soul of the righteous to hunger, And the desire of the wicked He thrusteth away.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2Treasures of wickedness profit not, And righteousness delivereth from death.
4Poor [is] he who is working — a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Cross References
Job 5:20In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.
Job 20:5That the singing of the wicked [is] short, And the joy of the profane for a moment,
Job 20:28Remove doth the increase of his house, Poured forth in a day of His anger.
Psalms 33:19To deliver from death their soul, And to keep them alive in famine.
Psalms 34:10Young lions have lacked and been hungry, And those seeking Jehovah lack not any good,
Psalms 37:19They are not ashamed in a time of evil, And in days of famine they are 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 →