Proverbs 13:25
The righteous is eating to the satiety of his soul, And the belly of the wicked lacketh!
Young's Literal 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
24Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:24Exhausted by famine, And consumed by heat, and bitter destruction. And the teeth of beasts I send upon them, With poison of fearful things of the dust.
Psalms 37:3Trust in Jehovah, and do good, Dwell [in] the land, and enjoy faithfulness,
Psalms 37:18Jehovah knoweth the days of the perfect, And their inheritance is — to the age.
Proverbs 10:3Jehovah causeth not the soul of the righteous to hunger, And the desire of the wicked He thrusteth away.
Isaiah 65:13Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, My servants do eat, and ye do hunger, Lo, My servants do drink, and ye do thirst, Lo, My servants rejoice, and ye are ashamed,
1 Timothy 4:8for the bodily exercise is unto little profit, and the piety is to all things profitable, a promise having 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 →