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Proverbs 10:3

God's faithfulnessJustice

1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

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

4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

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BSB
The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked.
KJV
The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
WEB
The LORD will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.
ASV
Jehovah will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; But he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.
DARBY
Jehovah suffereth not the soul of the righteous [man] to famish; but he repelleth the craving of the wicked.
BLB
YHWH will not let the righteous soul go hungry, and the desire of the wicked ones He thrusts away.
ÅB
Herren lar ikke den rettferdige sulte, men de ugudeliges attrå støter han bort.
OTB
Herren vil ikke la de rettferdige sulte, men Han frustrerer de ondes ønsker.
B1930
Herren lar ikke den rettferdige sulte, men de ugudeliges attrå støter han bort.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 37:3

    Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

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  • Matthew 6:30–33

    Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

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  • Psalms 37:25

    I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

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  • Psalms 34:9–10

    O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

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  • Zephaniah 1:18

    Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

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  • Psalms 33:19

    To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

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  • Psalms 37:19

    They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

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  • Job 5:20

    In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.

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