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Proverbs 13:25

The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.

KJV

Justus comedit et replet animam suam ; venter autem impiorum insaturabilis.

Vulgate

δίκαιος ἔσθων ἐμπιπλᾷ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ, ψυχαὶ δὲ ἀσεβῶν ἐνδεεῖς.

LXX

The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul; But the belly of the wicked shall want.

ASV

צַדִּ֗יק אֹ֭כֵל לְ/שֹׂ֣בַע נַפְשׁ֑/וֹ וּ/בֶ֖טֶן רְשָׁעִ֣ים תֶּחְסָֽר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

י
y
noun · 72×
י
y
noun · 752×
יֶחְסַ֖ר
ychsr
verb · 21×
ם
m
verb · 811×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
שֹׂ֑בַע
shb'
noun · 8×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 4:8 — For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
  • Gen 25:29 — And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
  • Heb 13:5 — Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
  • Hos 4:10 — For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.
  • Joel 2:26 — And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
  • Luke 9:17 — And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.
  • Prov 10:3 — The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
  • Ps 34:10 — The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
  • Ps 37:16 — A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.