Proverbs Chapter 10 verse 3 Holy Bible
Jehovah will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; But he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.
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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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Jehovah suffereth not the soul of the righteous [man] to famish; but he repelleth the craving of the wicked.
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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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Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, But he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.
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Jehovah causeth not the soul of the righteous to hunger, And the desire of the wicked He thrusteth away.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish (comp. Proverbs 19:23). The soul is the life (comp. Proverbs 13:25). So the psalmist says (Psalm 37:25), "I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging their bread." Christ speaks of the providence that watches over the lower creatures, and draws thence a lesson of trust in his care of man. concluding, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you" (Matthew 6:26, 33). But he casteth away the substance of the wicked; Septuagint, "He will overthrew the life of the wicked;" Vulgate, "He overturns the plots of sinners." The word rendered "substance" (havvah) is better understood as "desire." God frustrates the eager longing (for food or other good things) of the wicked; they are never satisfied, and get no real enjoyment out of what they crave (comp. Proverbs 13:25).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish.--Comp. David's experience (Psalm 37:25), and the great promise of our Lord to those who "seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness" (Matthew 6:33). (Comp. also below, Proverbs 13:25.)He casteth away the substance of the wicked.--Rather, He repels (the word is used in 2Kings 4:27, of Gehazi "thrusting away" the Shunammite) the eager, passionate desire of the wicked. However much they long for it, they get it not, "because they ask amiss" (James 4:3). . . .
