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Proverbs 10:3 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 10 · verse 3
The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.Proverbs 10:3 · King James Version
Proverbs 10:3 in context
1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
3The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
5He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
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Key words (Strong's)
- righteoustsaddîyqjustH6662 →
- substancehavvâhby implication, of falling)H1942 →
- sufferrâʻêbto hungerH7456 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- soulnepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
- awayHâdaphto push away or downH1920 →
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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, Pro 10:2.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 2-3