Proverbs 13:25
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שֹׂבַע
sôbaʻ
satisfaction (of food or (figuratively) joy)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
בֶּטֶן
beṭen
the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
מַחְסוֹר
machçôwr
deficiency; hence, impoverishment
Key Terms in This Verse
בֶּטֶן beṭen
the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
Study H990 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →Cross References
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
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.
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.
They 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.
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, u...
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