Proverbs 13:25
The righteous eateth to the contentation of his minde: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 rodde, hateth his sonne: but he that loueth him, chasteneth him betime.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:24They shalbe burnt with hunger, and consumed with heate, and with bitter destruction: I will also sende the teeth of beastes vpon them, with the venime of serpents creeping in the dust.
Psalms 37:3Trust thou in the Lord and do good: dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed assuredly.
Psalms 37:18The Lord knoweth the dayes of vpright men, and their inheritance shall bee perpetuall.
Proverbs 10:3The Lord will not famish the soule of the righteous: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
Isaiah 65:13Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Beholde, my seruants shall eate, and ye shalbe hungrie: beholde, my seruants shall drinke, and ye shall be thirstie: beholde, my seruants shall reioyce, and ye shalbe ashamed.
1 Timothy 4:8For bodily exercise profiteth litle: but godlinesse is profitable vnto all things, which hath the promise of the life present, and of that that is 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 →