Proverbs 10:3
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
רָזָה
râzâh
to emaciate, i.e. make (become) thin (literally or figuratively)
שָׁפֵל
shâphêl
to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
חַיִל
chayil
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
Key Terms in This Verse
רָזָה râzâh
to emaciate, i.e. make (become) thin (literally or figuratively)
Study H7329 →שָׁפֵל shâphêl
to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
Study H8213 →חַיִל chayil
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
Study H2428 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →Cross References
Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy ridd...
They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.
In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
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