Proverbs 13:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

צַדִּ֗יק אֹ֭כֵל לְשֹׂ֣בַע נַפְשׁ֑וֹ וּבֶ֖טֶן רְשָׁעִ֣ים תֶּחְסָֽר׃ פ

Transliteration

ṣaddîq ʾōkēl ləśōbaʿ napšô ûbeṭen rəšāʿîm teḥsār

Grammar Details

• *ṣaddîq*: adjective, masculine singular - righteous person
• *ʾōkēl*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular - eats
• *ləśōbaʿ*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - to satisfaction of
• *napšô*: noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his soul/appetite
• *û*: conjunction - but
• *beṭen*: noun, feminine singular construct - belly/stomach of
• *rəšāʿîm*: adjective, masculine plural - wicked ones
• *teḥsār*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - will lack/be empty

Word Meanings

• *ṣaddîq*: righteous person/just one
• *ʾōkēl*: eats/feeds
• *śōbaʿ*: satisfaction/fullness/satiety
• *nepeš*: soul/appetite/desire
• *beṭen*: belly/stomach/appetite
• *rəšāʿîm*: wicked ones/evil people
• *teḥsār*: will lack/will be empty/will go hungry

Referenced Verses

• Ps 34:10 : 10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; But they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good thing.
• Prov 10:3 : 3 Jehovah will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; But he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.
• Deut 32:24 : 24 [ They shall be] wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust.
• 1 Tim 4:8 : 8 for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.
• Heb 13:5 : 5 Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.
• Prov 6:11 : 11 So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
• Deut 28:48 : 48 therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies that Jehovah 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, until he have destroyed thee.
• Prov 24:34 : 34 So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
• Isa 65:13-14 : 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be put to shame; 14 behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for vexation of spirit.
• 2 Thess 3:10 : 10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, {G3754} If any will not work, neither let him eat.
• Ps 37:3 : 3 Trust in Jehovah, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on [his] faithfulness.
• Ps 37:16 : 16 Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.
• Ps 37:18-19 : 18 Jehovah knoweth the days of the perfect; And their inheritance shall be for ever. 19 They shall not be put to shame in the time of evil; And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.