Proverbs 13:25
The righteous is eating to the satiety of his soul, || And the belly of the wicked lacks!
Literal Standard 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
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:24Exhausted by famine, || And consumed by heat and bitter destruction—I also send the teeth of beasts on them, || With poison of fearful things of the dust.
Psalms 37:3Trust in YHWH, and do good, || Dwell [in] the land, and enjoy faithfulness,
Psalms 37:18YHWH knows the days of the perfect, || And their inheritance is for all time.
Proverbs 10:3YHWH does not cause the soul of the righteous to hunger, || And He thrusts away the desire of the wicked.
Isaiah 65:13Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: “Behold, My servants eat, and you hunger, || Behold, My servants drink, and you thirst, || Behold, My servants rejoice, and you are ashamed,
1 Timothy 4:8for bodily exercise is to little profit, but piety is profitable to all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is coming;
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 →