Proverbs 10:3 · KJV
“The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked. {the substance...: or, the wicked for their wickedness}”
— Proverbs 10:3
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
He becometh poor that dealeth {with} a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 10 — Context
The 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. {the substance...: or, the wicked for their wickedness}
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.
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. {verily: Heb. in truth, or, stableness}
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?
Psalms 37:25
I have been young, and {now} am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
Psalms 34:9-10
O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for {there is} no want to them that fear him.
Psalms 37:19
They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
Psalms 33:19
To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
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.
Luke 12:31
But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.