Proverbs 13:25
The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall lack.
Updated King James 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 that spares his rod hates his son: but he that loves him chastens him early.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:24They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
Psalms 37:3Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shall you dwell in the land, and verily you shall be fed.
Psalms 37:18The LORD knows the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
Proverbs 10:3The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casts away the substance of the wicked.
Isaiah 65:13Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but all of you shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but all of you shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but all of you shall be ashamed:
1 Timothy 4:8For bodily exercise profits little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which 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 →