Proverbs 10:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: But he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ The Lord will not allow the [uncompromisingly] righteous to famish, but He thwarts the desire of the wicked. [Ps. 34:9, 10; 37:25.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³ Jehovah will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; But he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.

Common English Bible

³ The LORD doesn’t let the righteous starve, but he rejects the desires of the wicked.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ The Lord will not afflict with famine the soul of the just, and he will overthrow the treacheries of the impious.

Proverbs 10:3 Cross References

Psalm 37:25

I have been young and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.

Psalm 37:3

Trust in the Lord and do good; live in the land and enjoy security.

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them on the day of the Lord’s wrath; in the fire of his passion the whole earth shall be consumed, for a full, a terrible end he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.

Psalm 37:19

they are not put to shame in evil times; in the days of famine they have abundance.

Psalm 33:19

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

Job 5:20

In famine he will redeem you from death and in war from the power of the sword.

Luke 12:31

Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.

Isaiah 33:16

they will live on the heights; their refuge will be the fortresses of rocks; their food will be supplied, their water assured.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked are overthrown by their evildoing, but the righteous find a refuge in their integrity.

Psalm 112:10

The wicked see it and are angry; they gnash their teeth and melt away; the desire of the wicked comes to nothing.

Job 20:28

The possessions of their house will be carried away, dragged off in the day of God’s wrath.

Psalm 10:14

But you do see! Indeed, you note trouble and grief, that you may take it into your hands; the helpless commit themselves to you; you have been the helper of the orphan.

Proverbs 13:25

The righteous have enough to satisfy their appetite, but the belly of the wicked is empty.

Proverbs 28:9

When one will not listen to the law, even one’s prayers are an abomination.

Proverbs 28:25

The greedy person stirs up strife, but whoever trusts in the Lord will be enriched.

Job 15:23

They wander abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ They know that a day of darkness is ready at hand;