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The Lord does not let the just go hungry,
    but the craving of the wicked he thwarts.[a]

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  1. 10:3 The last of the three introductory sayings in the collection, which emphasize, respectively, the sapiential (v. 1), ethical (v. 2), and religious (v. 3) dimensions of wisdom. In this saying, God will not allow the appetite of the righteous to go unfulfilled. The appetite of hunger is singled out; it stands for all the appetites.

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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(A)The Lord will not allow the righteous soul to famish,
But He casts away the desire of the wicked.

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The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry,(A)
    but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.(B)

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