Proverbs 10:3 {4}
Good News Translation
The LORD will not let good people go hungry, but he will keep the wicked from getting what they want.

New Revised Standard Version
The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.

Contemporary English Version
If you obey the LORD, you won't go hungry; if you are wicked, God won't let you have what you want.

New American Bible
The LORD does not let the just go hungry, but the craving of the wicked he thwarts.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The slothful hand hath wrought poverty: but the hand of the industrious getteth riches. He that trusteth to lies feedeth the winds: and the same runneth after birds, that fly away.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The slothful hand hath wrought poverty: but the hand of the industrious getteth riches. He that trusteth to lies feedeth the winds: and the same runneth after birds, that fly away.

will

Job 5:20 In famine he shall deliver thee from death; and in battle, from the hand of the sword.

Psalm 10:14 Thou seest it, for thou considerest labour and sorrow: that thou mayst deliver them into thy hands. To thee is the poor man left: thou wilt be a helper to the orphan.

Psalm 33:19 To deliver their souls from death; and feed them in famine.

Psalm 34:9,10 Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. . . .

Psalm 37:3,19,25 Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed with its riches. . . .

Isaiah 33:16 He shall dwell on high, the fortifications of rocks shall be his highness: bread is given him, his waters are sure.

Matthew 6:30-33 And if the grass of the field, which is to day, and to morrow is cast into the oven, God doth so clothe: how much more you, O ye of little faith? . . .

Luke 12:22-24,31 And he said to his disciples: Therefore I say to you: Be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat, nor for your body, what you shall put on. . . .

Hebrews 13:5,6 Let your manners be without covetousness, contented with such things as you have. For he hath said: I will not leave thee: neither will I forsake thee. . . .

but

Job 20:5-8,20-22,28 That the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment. . . .

Habakkuk 2:6-8 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a dark speech concerning him: and it shall be said: Woe to him that heapeth together that which is not his own? how long also doth he load himself with thick clay? . . .

Zephaniah 1:18 Neither shall their silver and their gold be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: all the land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy destruction of all them that dwell in the land.

the substance of the wicked

Proverbs 14:32 The wicked man shall be driven out in his wickedness: but the just hath hope in his death.

Context
Solomon's Proverbs: The Wise Son
2The Lord will not afflict the soul of the just with famine, and he will disappoint the deceitful practices of the wicked. 3The slothful hand hath wrought poverty: but the hand of the industrious getteth riches. He that trusteth to lies feedeth the winds: and the same runneth after birds, that fly away.4He that gathereth in the harvest, is a wise son: but he that snorteth in the summer, is the son of confusion.…
Cross References
Matthew 6:33
Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.

Psalm 34:9
Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

Psalm 34:10
The rich have wanted, and have suffered hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not be deprived of any good.

Psalm 37:25
I have been young and now am old; and I have not seen the just forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread.

Psalm 112:10
The wicked shall see, and shall be angry, he shall gnash with his teeth and pine away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

Proverbs 13:25
The just eateth and filleth his soul: but the belly of the wicked is never to be filled.

Proverbs 28:9
He that turneth away his ears from hearing the law, his prayer shall be an abomination.

Proverbs 28:25
He that boasteth and puffeth up himself, stirreth up quarrels: but he that trusteth in the Lord, shall be healed.

Proverbs 10:2
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