A moment in scripture
Proverbs 10:3
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The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
- Proverbs 10:2
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
- Proverbs 10:4
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
- Proverbs 10:5
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.