Proverbs 13:25
The just eats and fills his soul. But the belly of the impious is never satisfied.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
In Context
24He who spares the rod hates his son. But he who loves him urgently instructs him.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:24They will be consumed by famine, and birds with a very bitter bite will devour them. I will send forth the teeth of wild beasts among them, along with the fury of creatures that scurry across the ground, and of serpents.
Psalms 37:3For your arrows have been driven into me, and your hand has been confirmed over me.
Psalms 37:18For I have been prepared for scourges, and my sorrow is ever before me.
Proverbs 10:3The Lord will not afflict with famine the soul of the just, and he will overthrow the treacheries of the impious.
Isaiah 65:13Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Behold, my servants will eat, and you will be hungry. Behold, my servants will drink, and you will be thirsty.
1 Timothy 4:8For the exercise of the body is somewhat useful. But piety is useful in all things, holding the promise of life, in the present and in the future.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:25
24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. Note, 1. To the education of children in that which is good there is necessary a due correction of them for what is amiss; every child of ours is a child of Adam, and therefore has that foolishness bound up in its heart which calls for rebuke, more or less, the rod and reproof which give wisdom. Observe, It is his rod that must be used, the rod of a parent, directed by wisdom and love, and designed for good, not the rod of a… Read the whole commentary →