Bridges on Proverbs 10:3
 
 
Charles Bridges on Proverbs 10:3
 
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3.  The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked. {the substance...: or, the wicked for their wickedness}
 
To spiritualize the temporal promises would be to lose great enlargement of faith. They are not restricted to the Old Dispensation. If David was preserved from famishing, and that too by those most unlikely to help him,† Paul could also in similar trial “set to his seal” — “I have all, and abound, I am full.” (Philippians 4:18.) How does our gracious God double and redouble his engagements!† He sends us to the fowls of the air for the confirmation of our little faith. “Are not ye much better than they?” (Matthew 6:25, 26.) ‘Yet the promises require faith, whereby we believe that God helpeth us.’† He may for the exercise of faith suffer us to hunger (1 Corinthians 4:11. 2 Corinthians 11:27, with Deuteronomy 8:3. Matthew 4:2-4); yet not to famish. (Psalm 37:3. Isaiah 33:16. Matthew 6:32.) And does not his unfailing care for temporal provision convey the assurance, that he will not suffer the soul to famish? “The good Shepherd knows his sheep.” He “seeks them out in the cloudy and dark day,” and brings them into his fold, where “they go in and out, and find pasture.” (John 10:9. Ezekiel 34:12.) Awful indeed is the contrast of the wicked — their substance cast out (Job 20:15); themselves buried in the ruins of their own family. (Psalm 49:6, &c. Luke 12:19, 20; 16:23.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Footnote:
By Shobi the brother of his bitter enemy. 2 Samuel 17:27, with 10:4. Machir also of the house of Saul. Ib. 9:4. Compare Psalm 37:25.
 
 
2 Samuel 17:27
27 And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
 
2 Samuel 10:4
4 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
 
2 Samuel 9:4
4 And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lodebar.
 
Compare
Psalm 37:25
25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
 
 
Philippians 4:18
18 But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God. {I have all: or, I have received all}
 
 
Footnote:
Hebrews 13:5; five negatives in the original.
 
 
Hebrews 13:5
5 I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee
 
 
Matthew 6:25, 26
25 ¶ Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
 
 
Footnote:
Cope in loco.
 
 
1 Corinthians 4:11
11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
 
2 Corinthians 11:27
27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
 
with
Deuteronomy 8:3
3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
 
Matthew 4:2-4
2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
 
 
Psalm 37:3
3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. {verily: Heb. in truth, or, stableness}
 
Isaiah 33:16
16 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. {high: Heb. heights, or, high places}
 
Matthew 6:32
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
 
 
John 10:9
9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
 
Ezekiel 34:12
12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. {As...: Heb. According to the seeking}
 
 
Job 20:15
15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
 
 
Psalm 49:6, &c.
6 ¶ They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; 7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: 8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) 9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. 10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. 11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names. {all...: Heb. generation and generation} 12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish. 13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. {approve...: Heb. delight in their mouth} 14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. {beauty: or, strength} {in the grave from...: or, the grave being an habitation to every one of them} 15 ¶ But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. {power: Heb. hand} {the grave: or, hell} 16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; 17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. 18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. {while...: Heb. in his life} 19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. {He...: Heb. The soul shall} 20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
 
Luke 12:19, 20
19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. 20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? {thy...: Gr. do they require thy soul}
 
Luke 16:23
23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.