Proverbs 10:3

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • Ps 37:25 : 25 I have been young, and [now] am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
  • Ps 34:9-9 : 9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for [there is] no want to them that fear him. 10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good [thing].
  • Matt 6:30-33 : 30 ‹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?› 31 ‹Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?› 32 ‹(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.› 33 ‹But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.›
  • Luke 12:22-24 : 22 ¶ And he said unto his disciples, ‹Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.› 23 ‹The life is more than meat, and the body› [is more] ‹than raiment.› 24 ‹Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?›
  • Luke 12:31 : 31 ‹But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.›
  • Heb 13:5-6 : 5 [Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. 6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord [is] my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
  • Ps 37:3 : 3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; [so] shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
  • Ps 37:19 : 19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
  • Ps 112:10 : 10 The wicked shall see [it], and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
  • Prov 14:32 : 32 ¶ The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
  • Isa 33:16 : 16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence [shall be] the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters [shall be] sure.
  • Hab 2:6-8 : 6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth [that which is] not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! 7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them? 8 Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and [for] the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
  • Zeph 1:18 : 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.
  • Job 5:20 : 20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
  • Job 20:5-8 : 5 That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short, and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for a moment? 6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; 7 [Yet] he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where [is] he? 8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
  • Job 20:20-22 : 20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. 21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. 22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
  • Job 20:28 : 28 The increase of his house shall depart, [and his goods] shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
  • Ps 10:14 : 14 Thou hast seen [it]; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite [it] with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
  • Ps 33:19 : 19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 25¶ The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.

  • 2¶ Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

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    28The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

    29¶ The way of the LORD [is] strength to the upright: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.

    30The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

  • 6He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

  • Prov 11:4-6
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    4¶ Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

    5¶ The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in [their own] naughtiness.

  • 16¶ The labour of the righteous [tendeth] to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

  • 26He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

  • Ps 37:16-17
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    16A little that a righteous man hath [is] better than the riches of many wicked.

    17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

  • 3For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

  • 21¶ The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

  • 22Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

  • 6¶ Righteousness keepeth [him that is] upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

  • 7¶ The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

  • 4¶ He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

  • Ps 37:32-33
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    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

    33The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

  • 5The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

  • 7¶ The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: [but] the wicked regardeth not to know [it].

  • 15¶ Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

  • 15¶ Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

  • 10The wicked shall see [it], and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

  • 32¶ The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

  • 23¶ The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked [is] wrath.

  • 21Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

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    6For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

  • 24¶ The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

  • 7¶ The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

  • 3¶ A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

  • 18¶ The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.

  • 12¶ The wicked desireth the net of evil [men]: but the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit].

  • 28¶ He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

  • 21¶ There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

  • 29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

  • 8¶ The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

  • 13But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong [his] days, [which are] as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

  • 10Say ye to the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

  • 22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

  • 12¶ The righteous [man] wisely considereth the house of the wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their] wickedness.

  • 10¶ Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good [things] in possession.

  • 3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth.

  • 10The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good [thing].

  • 23¶ Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor: but there is [that is] destroyed for want of judgment.

  • 29¶ The LORD [is] far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

  • 19To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

  • 10For yet a little while, and the wicked [shall] not [be]: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it [shall] not [be].