Focused Passage

Proverbs 10:3

The Righteous and the Wicked: Wisdom in Speech, Work, Wealth, and Life

The chapter moves as a concentrated collection rather than a single linear argument. Its repeated contrasts form a moral portrait of the righteous and the wicked, with major clusters around family, work, wealth, speech, discipline, desire, fear, and destiny.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

3The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked.

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Verse 3

Original words

The LORDיְ֭הוָהH3068Noun - proper - masculine singular. . .נֶ֣פֶשׁH5315Noun - feminine singulardoes notלֹֽא־H3808Adverb - Negative particlelet the righteousצַדִּ֑יקH6662Adjective - masculine singulargo hungryיַרְעִ֣יבH7456Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singularbut He deniesיֶהְדֹּֽף׃H1920Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularthe cravingוְהַוַּ֖תH1942Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular constructof the wickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםH7563Adjective - masculine plural

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