Proverbs 10:3 - The Scriptures 1998

³ יהוה  does not let the being of the righteous go hungry, But He thrusts away the desire of the wrong.

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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

Job 15:23

He wanders about for food – where is it? He knows that a day of darkness is prepared for him.

Job 20:28

The increase of his house departs, flowing away in the day of His wrath.

Job 5:20

In scarcity of food He shall redeem you from death, and in battle from the power of the sword.

Psalm 10:14

You have seen it, for You observe trouble and grief, To repay with Your hand. The poor commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.

Psalm 112:10

The wrong one sees it and shall be vexed; He gnashes his teeth and shall melt. The desire of the wrong ones does perish.

Psalm 33:19

To deliver their being from death, And to keep them alive during scarcity of food.

Psalm 37:19

They are not ashamed in a time of evil, And in the days of scarcity of food they are satisfied.

Psalm 37:25

I have been young, and now I am old; Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, Or his seed begging bread.

Psalm 37:3

Trust in יהוה, and do good; Dwell in the earth, and feed on steadfastness.

Proverbs 13:25

The righteous eats to the satisfying of his being, But the stomach of the wrong is lacking.

Proverbs 14:32

By his own evildoing the wrong is thrust down, But the righteous has a refuge in his death.

Proverbs 28:25

He who is greedy stirs up strife, But he who trusts in יהוה  prospers.

Proverbs 28:9

He who turns away his ear from hearing the Torah, Even his prayer is an abomination.

Isaiah 33:16

he shall inhabit the heights; strongholds of rocks be his refuge. His bread shall be given him, his water be steadfast.

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of יהוה. And by the fire of His jealousy all the earth shall be consumed, for He makes a sudden end of all those who dwell in the earth.

Luke 12:31

“But seek the reign of Elohim, and all these shall be added to you.