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

3 The 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 LORD יְ֭הוָה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular . . . נֶ֣פֶשׁ H5315 Noun - feminine singular does not לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle let the righteous צַדִּ֑יק H6662 Adjective - masculine singular go hungry יַרְעִ֣יב H7456 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular but He denies יֶהְדֹּֽף׃ H1920 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular the craving וְהַוַּ֖ת H1942 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct of the wicked רְשָׁעִ֣ים H7563 Adjective - masculine plural

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