Verse 3

The LORD will not allow the soul of the righteous to famish, but He casts away the substance of the wicked.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 37:25 : 25 I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his descendants begging bread.
  • Ps 34:9-9 : 9 O fear the LORD, you his saints: for there is no lack to those who fear him. 10 The young lions lack and suffer hunger: but those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing.
  • Matt 6:30-33 : 30 Therefore, if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not worry, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or What shall we wear? 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
  • Luke 12:22-24 : 22 And he said to his disciples, Therefore I say to you, Do not be anxious for your life, what you shall eat; nor for the body, what you shall wear. 23 Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. 24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; they have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them: how much more are you better than the birds?
  • Luke 12:31 : 31 But rather seek the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added to you.
  • Heb 13:5-6 : 5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with what you have. For He has said, 'I will never leave you, nor forsake you.' 6 So that we may boldly say, 'The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me.'
  • Ps 37:3 : 3 Trust in the LORD and do good; so you shall dwell in the land, and truly you shall 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 his teeth and melt away; the desire of the wicked shall perish.
  • Prov 14:32 : 32 The wicked is banished in his wickedness, but the righteous has hope in his death.
  • Isa 33:16 : 16 He will dwell on high; his place of defense will be the fortress of rocks; bread will be given to him; his water will 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 who increases that which is not his! How long? And to him who loads himself with thick clay! 7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that will bite you, and awake that will vex you, and you shall be for plunder to them? 8 Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the people shall plunder you; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all who 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 will make a speedy end of all those that dwell in the land.
  • Job 5:20 : 20 In famine he shall redeem you from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
  • Job 20:5-8 : 5 That the triumph of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? 6 Though his greatness mounts up to the heavens, and his head reaches to the clouds, 7 Yet he shall perish forever like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, Where is he? 8 He shall fly away like a dream and shall not be found; yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.
  • Job 20:20-22 : 20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save anything of what he desired. 21 None of his food shall be left; therefore no one shall look for his goods. 22 In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in distress; 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 God's wrath.
  • Ps 10:14 : 14 You have seen it; for You behold mischief and spite, to repay it with Your hand; the poor commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
  • Ps 33:19 : 19 to deliver their soul from death and to keep them alive in famine.