Proverbs 10:3

In 11 translations

BSB

The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked.

KJV

The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.the substance…: or, the wicked for their wickedness

WEB

Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.

ASV

Jehovah will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; But he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.

LSV

YHWH does not cause the soul of the righteous to hunger, || And He thrusts away the desire of the wicked.

YLT

Jehovah causeth not the soul of the righteous to hunger, And the desire of the wicked He thrusteth away.

DBY

Jehovah suffereth not the soul of the righteous [man] to famish; but he repelleth the craving of the wicked.

DRC

The Lord will not afflict the soul of the just with famine, and he will disappoint the deceitful practices of the wicked.

GNV

The Lord will not famish the soule of the righteous: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

JPS

The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; but He thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.

LXXE

The Lord will not famish a righteous soul: but he will overthrow the life of the ungodly.

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Original-language editions

WLC

לֹֽא־יַרְעִ֣יב יְ֭הוָה נֶ֣פֶשׁ צַדִּ֑יק וְהַוַּ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים יֶהְדֹּֽף׃

LXX-Br

Οὐ λιμοκτονήσει Κύριος ψυχὴν δικαίαν, ζωὴν δὲ ἀσεβῶν ἀνατρέψει.

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• Psalms 37:3Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
• Matthew 6:30–33If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we…
• Psalms 37:25I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.
• Psalms 34:9–10Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing. Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
• Psalms 33:19to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.
• Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on…
• Psalms 37:19In the time of evil they will not be ashamed, and in the days of famine they will be satisfied.
• Luke 12:31But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added unto you.
• Job 5:20In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
• Hebrews 13:5–6Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.” So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be…
• Isaiah 33:16he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.
• Proverbs 14:32The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
• Job 20:5–8the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary? Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds, he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen…
• Job 20:28The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.
• Psalms 112:10The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.
• Luke 12:22–24Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. Consider the…

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