Proverbs 13:25
A righteous man eats to his heart’s content, but the stomach of the wicked is empty.
Majority Standard Bible
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 disciplines him diligently.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:24They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.
Psalms 37:3Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
Psalms 37:18The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.
Proverbs 10:3The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked.
Isaiah 65:13Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
1 Timothy 4:8For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one 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 →