Proverbs 13:25
The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul; but the belly of the wicked shall want.
Darby Translation
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 that spareth his rod hateth his son; but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:24They shall be consumed with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, And with poisonous pestilence; And the teeth of beasts will I send against them, With the poison of what crawleth in the dust.
Psalms 37:3Confide in Jehovah, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on faithfulness;
Psalms 37:18Jehovah knoweth the days of the perfect; and their inheritance shall be for ever:
Proverbs 10:3Jehovah suffereth not the soul of the righteous [man] to famish; but he repelleth the craving of the wicked.
Isaiah 65:13Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, my servants shall eat, and *ye* shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, and *ye* shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, and *ye* shall be ashamed;
1 Timothy 4:8for bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but piety is profitable for everything, having promise of life, of the present one, and of that to come.
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 →