Proverbs 10:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The Lord will not let the upright be in need of food, but he puts far from him the desire of the evil-doers.

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  • Ps 37:25 : 25 I have been young, and now am old, but I have not seen the good man without help, or his children looking for bread.
  • Ps 34:9-9 : 9 Keep yourselves in the fear of the Lord, all you his saints; for those who do so will have no need of anything. 10 The young lions are in need and have no food; but those who are looking to the Lord will have every good thing.
  • Matt 6:30-33 : 30 But if God gives such clothing to the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is put into the oven, will he not much more give you clothing, O you of little faith? 31 Then do not be full of care, saying, What are we to have for food or drink? or, With what may we be clothed? 32 Because the Gentiles go in search of all these things: for your Father in heaven has knowledge that you have need of all these things: 33 But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.
  • Luke 12:22-24 : 22 And he said to his disciples, For this reason I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about what food you will take, or for your body, how it may be clothed. 23 Is not life more than food, and the body than its clothing? 24 Give thought to the ravens; they do not put seeds into the earth, or get together grain; they have no store-houses or buildings; and God gives them their food: of how much greater value are you than the birds!
  • Luke 12:31 : 31 But let your chief care be for his kingdom, and these other things will be given to you in addition.
  • Heb 13:5-6 : 5 Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times. 6 So that we say with a good heart, The Lord is my helper; I will have no fear: what is man able to do to me?
  • Ps 37:3 : 3 Have faith in the Lord, and do good; be at rest in the land, and go after righteousness.
  • Ps 37:19 : 19 They will not be shamed in the evil time, and in the days when all are in need of food they will have enough.
  • Ps 112:10 : 10 The sinner will see it with grief; he will be wasted away with envy; the desire of the evil-doers will come to nothing.
  • Prov 14:32 : 32 The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.
  • Isa 33:16 : 16 He will have a place on high: he will be safely shut in by the high rocks: his bread will be given to him; his waters will be certain.
  • Hab 2:6-8 : 6 Will not all these take up a word of shame against him and a bitter saying against him, and say, A curse on him who goes on taking what is not his and is weighted down with the property of debtors! 7 Will not your creditors suddenly be moved against you, and your troublers get up from their sleep, and you will be to them like goods taken in war? 8 Because you have taken their goods from great nations, all the rest of the peoples will take your goods from you; because of men's blood and violent acts against the land and the town and all who are living in it.
  • Zeph 1:18 : 18 Even their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the day of the Lord's wrath; but all the land will be burned up in the fire of his bitter wrath: for he will put an end, even suddenly, to all who are living in the land.
  • Job 5:20 : 20 When there is need of food he will keep you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
  • Job 20:5-8 : 5 That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute? 6 Though he is lifted up to the heavens, and his head goes up to the clouds; 7 Like the waste from his body he comes to an end for ever: those who have seen him say, Where is he? 8 He is gone like a dream, and is not seen again; he goes in flight like a vision of the night.
  • Job 20:20-22 : 20 There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight. 21 He had never enough for his desire; for this cause his well-being will quickly come to an end. 22 Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him.
  • Job 20:28 : 28 The produce of his house is taken away into another country, like things given into the hands of others in the day of wrath.
  • Ps 10:14 : 14 You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.
  • Ps 33:19 : 19 To keep their souls from death; and to keep them living in time of need.

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    25 The upright man has food to the full measure of his desire, but there will be no food for the stomach of evil-doers.

  • Prov 10:2
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    2 Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.

  • Prov 10:28-30
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    28 The hope of the upright man will give joy, but the waiting of the evil-doer will have its end in sorrow.

    29 The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.

    30 The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

  • Job 36:6
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    6 His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right;

  • Prov 11:4-6
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    4 Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.

    5 The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

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  • Prov 10:16
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    16 The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.

  • Prov 21:26
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    26 All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.

  • Ps 37:16-17
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    16 The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.

    17 For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good.

  • Ps 125:3
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    3 For the rod of sinners will not be resting on the heritage of the upright; so that the upright may not put out their hands to evil.

  • Ps 37:21
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    21 The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others.

  • Ps 55:22
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    22 Put your cares on the Lord, and he will be your support; he will not let the upright man be moved.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6 Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

  • Prov 12:7
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    7 Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

  • Prov 10:4
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    4 He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.

  • Ps 37:32-33
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    32 The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

    33 The Lord will not give him into their hands, or be against him when he is judged.

  • Ps 11:5
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    5 The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7 The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15 Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

  • Prov 19:15
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    15 Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.

  • Ps 112:10
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    10 The sinner will see it with grief; he will be wasted away with envy; the desire of the evil-doers will come to nothing.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32 The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23 The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21 Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.

  • Ps 1:6
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    6 Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.

  • Prov 10:24
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    24 The thing feared by the evil-doer will come to him, but the upright man will get his desire.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • Prov 12:3
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    3 No man will make himself safe through evil-doing; but the root of upright men will never be moved.

  • Prov 11:18
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    18 The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.

  • Prov 12:12
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    12 The resting-place of the sinner will come to destruction, but the root of upright men is for ever.

  • Prov 11:28
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    28 He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21 No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.

  • Job 15:29
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    29 He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.

  • Prov 11:8
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    8 The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.

  • Eccl 8:13
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    13 But it will not be well for the evil-doer; he will not make his days long like a shade, because he has no fear before God.

  • Isa 3:10
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    10 Happy is the upright man! for he will have joy of the fruit of his ways.

  • Job 20:22
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    22 Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12 The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10 Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.

  • Ps 10:3
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    3 For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.

  • Ps 34:10
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    10 The young lions are in need and have no food; but those who are looking to the Lord will have every good thing.

  • Prov 13:23
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    23 There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.

  • Prov 15:29
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    29 The Lord is far from sinners, but his ear is open to the prayer of the upright.

  • Ps 33:19
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    19 To keep their souls from death; and to keep them living in time of need.

  • Ps 37:10
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    10 For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.