
Text -- Proverbs 10:3 (NET)




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JFB -> Pro 10:3
JFB: Pro 10:3 - -- (Compare Psa 37:16-20). The last clause is better: "He will repel the greedy desires of the wicked."
(Compare Psa 37:16-20). The last clause is better: "He will repel the greedy desires of the wicked."
Clarke -> Pro 10:3
Clarke: Pro 10:3 - -- But he casteth away the substance of the wicked - But instead of רשעים reshaim , the wicked, בוגדים bogedim , hypocrites, or perfidious...
But he casteth away the substance of the wicked - But instead of
The righteous have God for their feeder; and because of his infinite bounty, they can never famish for want of the bread of life. On the contrary, the wicked are often, in the course of his providence, deprived of the property of which they make a bad use.
TSK -> Pro 10:3
TSK: Pro 10:3 - -- will : Job 5:20; Psa 10:14, Psa 33:19, Psa 34:9, Psa 34:10, Psa 37:3, Psa 37:19, Psa 37:25; Isa 33:16; Mat 6:30-33; Luk 12:22-24, Luk 12:31; Heb 13:5,...
will : Job 5:20; Psa 10:14, Psa 33:19, Psa 34:9, Psa 34:10, Psa 37:3, Psa 37:19, Psa 37:25; Isa 33:16; Mat 6:30-33; Luk 12:22-24, Luk 12:31; Heb 13:5, Heb 13:6
but : Job 20:5-8, Job 20:20-22, Job 20:28; Hab 2:6-8; Zep 1:18
the substance of the wicked : or, the wicked for their wickedness, Pro 14:32

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Barnes -> Pro 10:3
Barnes: Pro 10:3 - -- Casteth away ... - Better, "overturns, disappoints the strong desire of the wicked."Tantalus-like, they never get the enjoyment they thirst aft...
Casteth away ... - Better, "overturns, disappoints the strong desire of the wicked."Tantalus-like, they never get the enjoyment they thirst after.
Poole -> Pro 10:3
Poole: Pro 10:3 - -- Will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish will preserve them from famine, according to his promises, Psa 34:10 , and elsewhere, which, as o...
Will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish will preserve them from famine, according to his promises, Psa 34:10 , and elsewhere, which, as other temporal promises, is not to be understood simply and universally, but with this limitation, except this be necessary for God’ s glory, which in all reason should overrule the creatures’ good, and for their own greater benefit. For, to say nothing of eternal felicities which follow every good man’ s death, it is certainly in some times and eases a less evil for men to be killed with famine, than to survive to see and feel those miseries which are coming upon them, and upon the land where they live.
The substance as this word is used, Psa 52:7 , or the wickedness , i.e. the wealth gotten by wickedness; as righteousness, Pro 10:2 , is by divers understood of an estate got with righteousness.
Of the wicked who by that means shall be exposed to want and famine.
Haydock -> Pro 10:3
Haydock: Pro 10:3 - -- Famine. Psalm xxxvi. 25. The prophets and Lazarus rejoice in suffering. [Luke xvi. 20.]
Famine. Psalm xxxvi. 25. The prophets and Lazarus rejoice in suffering. [Luke xvi. 20.]
Gill -> Pro 10:3
Gill: Pro 10:3 - -- The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish,.... Or to perish by famine: not but that good men may be afflicted with it, as Jacob and...
The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish,.... Or to perish by famine: not but that good men may be afflicted with it, as Jacob and his sons were, when the famine was in Egypt and in other lands; and as the apostles, particularly the Apostle Paul, were often in hunger and thirst, yet not so as to be destroyed by it; for in "famine" the Lord redeems such from death; though the young lions lack and suffer hunger, they that fear the Lord shall not want any good thing; at least whatever they may suffer this way does not arise from the wrath of God, nor does it nor can it separate from the love of God and Christ, Job 5:20. Moreover, the souls of such shall not be famished for want of spiritual food; shall not have a famine of the word and ordinances; their souls shall be fed, as with marrow and fatness, with the finest of the wheat, and with honey out of the rock: the church, though in the wilderness, is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, Rev 12:14;
but he casteth away the substance of the wicked; that which is got in a wicked way; as sometimes he causes it to diminish by little and little; at other times he forcibly and suddenly drives it away, and causes it to take wings and fly away; though it has been swallowed down with great greediness and in great abundance, he makes them throw it up again, and casts it out of their belly, whether they will or not, so that it does not profit them, Job 20:15.

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NET Notes: Pro 10:3 This verse contrasts the “appetite” of the righteous with the “craving” of the wicked. This word הַוּ&...
Geneva Bible -> Pro 10:3
Geneva Bible: Pro 10:3 The LORD will ( b ) not allow the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
( b ) Though he permits the just ...

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TSK Synopsis -> Pro 10:1-32
TSK Synopsis: Pro 10:1-32 - --1 From this chapter to the five and twentieth are sundry observations of moral virtues, and their contrary vices.
MHCC -> Pro 10:2-3
MHCC: Pro 10:2-3 - --Though the righteous may be poor, the Lord will not suffer him to want what is needful for spiritual life.
Matthew Henry -> Pro 10:2-3
Matthew Henry: Pro 10:2-3 - -- These two verses speak to the same purport, and the latter may be the reason of the former. 1. That wealth which men get unjustly will do them no go...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Pro 10:3
Keil-Delitzsch: Pro 10:3 - --
Another proverb, the members of which stand in chiastic relation to those of the preceding:
Jahve does not suffer the soul of the righteous to hung...
Constable -> Pro 10:1--22:17; Pro 10:1-14
Constable: Pro 10:1--22:17 - --II. COUPLETS EXPRESSING WISDOM 10:1--22:16
Chapters 1-9, as we have seen, contain discourses that Solomon eviden...
