Proverbs 10:3

“The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish, etc.] 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, (<180520>Job 5:20 <193408>Psalm 34:8,9 <450835> Romans 8:35).…”

“(Compare Psa 37:16-20). The last clause is better: "He will repel the greedy desires of the wicked."”

“Casteth away ... - Better, “overturns, disappoints the strong desire of the wicked.” Tantalus-like, they never get the enjoyment they thirst after. return to 'Top of Page'”

“10:3 This proverb can be misused if outward results are regarded as a barometer of godliness. Job’s three friends, for example, wrongly reasoned that Job must have sinned to earn his suffering (see Job 22:6-11).”

“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 Proverbs 10:4”

“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 hunger; But the craving of the godless He disappointeth. The thought is the same as Pro 13:25. There, as also at Pro 6:30, the soul is spoken of as the faculty of desire, and that after nourishment, for the lowest form of the life of the soul is the impulse to self-preservation. The parallel הוּה, in which lxx and Ar. erroneously find the meaning of חיּה, life, the Syr. Targ. the meaning of הון, possession, means the desire, without however being related to אוּה (Berth.); it is the Arab. hawan, from הוה, Arab. haway, which, from the fundamental…”