Proverbs 10:3

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Proverbs 10:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

1 The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.

2 Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

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

4 Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

5 He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.

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Job 5:20

In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.

Psalms 10:14

But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.

Psalms 33:19

to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.

Psalms 34:9

Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.

Psalms 34:10

Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

Psalms 37:3

Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

Psalms 37:19

In the time of evil they will not be ashamed, and in the days of famine they will be satisfied.

Psalms 37:25

I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.

Isaiah 33:16

he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.

Matthew 6:30

If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

Matthew 6:31

Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’

Matthew 6:32

For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

Matthew 6:33

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

Luke 12:22

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.

Luke 12:23

For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.

Luke 12:24

Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!

Luke 12:31

But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added unto you.

Hebrews 13:5

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

Hebrews 13:6

So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”

Job 20:5

the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

Job 20:6

Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,

Job 20:7

he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’

Job 20:8

He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.

Job 20:20

Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.

Job 20:21

Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.

Job 20:22

In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.

Job 20:28

The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.

Habakkuk 2:6

Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’

Habakkuk 2:7

Will not your creditors suddenly arise and those who disturb you awaken? Then you will become their prey.

Habakkuk 2:8

Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you— because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.