Proverbs 13:25

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The upright man has food to the full measure of his desire, but there will be no food for the stomach of evil-doers.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 34:10 : 10 The young lions are in need and have no food; but those who are looking to the Lord will have every good thing.
  • Prov 10:3 : 3 The Lord will not let the upright be in need of food, but he puts far from him the desire of the evil-doers.
  • Deut 32:24 : 24 They will be wasted from need of food, and overcome by burning heat and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts I will send on them, with the poison of the worms of the dust.
  • 1 Tim 4:8 : 8 For the training of the body is of profit for a little, but religion is of profit in every way, giving hope for the life which now is, and for that which is to come.
  • Heb 13:5 : 5 Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times.
  • Prov 6:11 : 11 Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man
  • Deut 28:48 : 48 For this cause you will become servants to those whom the Lord your God will send against you, without food and drink and clothing, and in need of all things: and he will put a yoke of iron on your neck till he has put an end to you.
  • Prov 24:34 : 34 So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.
  • Isa 65:13-14 : 13 For this cause says the Lord God, My servants will have food, but you will be in need of food: my servants will have drink, but you will be dry: my servants will have joy, but you will be shamed: 14 My servants will make songs in the joy of their hearts, but you will be crying for sorrow, and making sounds of grief from a broken spirit.
  • 2 Thess 3:10 : 10 For even when we were with you we gave you orders, saying, If any man does no work, let him not have food.
  • Ps 37:3 : 3 Have faith in the Lord, and do good; be at rest in the land, and go after righteousness.
  • Ps 37:16 : 16 The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.
  • Ps 37:18-19 : 18 The days of the upright are numbered by the Lord, and their heritage will be for ever. 19 They will not be shamed in the evil time, and in the days when all are in need of food they will have enough.

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  • Prov 10:3
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    3The Lord will not let the upright be in need of food, but he puts far from him the desire of the evil-doers.

  • Prov 13:2
    76%

    2A man will get good from the fruit of his lips, but the desire of the false is for violent acts.

  • Prov 11:23
    75%

    23The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.

  • Ps 107:9
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    9He gives its desire to the unresting soul, so that it is full of good things.

  • Prov 13:21-24
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    74%

    21Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.

    22The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.

    23There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.

    24He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.

  • Prov 21:26
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    26All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.

  • Prov 18:20
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    20With the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach will be full; the produce of his lips will be his in full measure.

  • Job 20:22-23
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    74%

    22Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him.

    23God gives him his desire, and sends the heat of his wrath on him, making it come down on him like rain.

  • Prov 27:7
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    7The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.

  • Prov 13:4-6
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    4The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.

    5The upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.

    6Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

  • Prov 12:11-12
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    73%

    11He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.

    12The resting-place of the sinner will come to destruction, but the root of upright men is for ever.

  • Matt 5:6
    73%

    6Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire.

  • Isa 3:10
    72%

    10Happy is the upright man! for he will have joy of the fruit of his ways.

  • Ps 37:16
    72%

    16The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.

  • Prov 10:24
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    24The thing feared by the evil-doer will come to him, but the upright man will get his desire.

  • Prov 4:17
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    17The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.

  • Ps 112:10
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    10The sinner will see it with grief; he will be wasted away with envy; the desire of the evil-doers will come to nothing.

  • Prov 15:28
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    28The heart of the upright gives thought to his answer; but from the mouth of the evil-doer comes a stream of evil things.

  • Prov 10:16
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    16The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.

  • Job 33:20
    71%

    20He has no desire for food, and his soul is turned away from delicate meat;

  • Job 21:25
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    25And another comes to his end with a bitter soul, without ever tasting good.

  • Prov 11:18
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    18The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.

  • Prov 10:21
    71%

    21The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.

  • Prov 14:14
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    14He whose heart is turned away will have the reward of his ways in full measure; but a good man will have the reward of his doings.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.

  • Job 20:15
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    15He takes down wealth as food, and sends it up again; it is forced out of his stomach by God.

  • Prov 11:30-31
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    30The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, but violent behaviour takes away souls.

    31If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!

  • Prov 19:15
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    15Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.

  • Job 20:20
    70%

    20There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight.

  • Ps 11:5
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    5The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts.

  • Prov 12:14
    70%

    14From the fruit of his mouth will a man have good food in full measure, and the work of a man's hands will be rewarded.

  • Isa 9:20
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    20On the right a man was cutting off bits and was still in need; on the left a man took a meal but had not enough; no man had pity on his brother; every man was making a meal of the flesh of his neighbour.

  • Prov 6:30
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    30Men do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it:

  • Ps 22:26
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    26The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever.

  • Prov 23:6
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    6Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:

  • Prov 11:5
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    5The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.

  • Prov 10:11
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    11The mouth of the upright man is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the evil-doer is a bitter cup.

  • Prov 23:3
    70%

    3Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.

  • Prov 12:26
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    26The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.

  • Jer 31:14
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    14I will give the priests their desired fat things, and my people will have a full measure of my good things, says the Lord.