PRO 13

Proverbs 13:25

WEB

The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked goes hungry.

BSB

A righteous man eats to his heart’s content, but the stomach of the wicked is empty.

KJV

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

Matthew Henry

Verse 25

Proverbs 13:25

Note, 1. It is the happiness of the righteous that they shall have enough and that they know when they have enough. They desire not to be surfeited, but, being moderate in their desires, they are soon satisfied. nature is content with a little and grace with less; enough is as good as a feast. Those that feed on the bread of life, that feast on the promises, meet with abundant satisfaction of soul there, eat, and are filled. 2. It is the misery of the wicked that, through the insatiableness of their own desires, they are always needy; not only their souls shall not be satisfied with the world and the flesh, but even their belly shall want; their sensual appetite is always craving. In hell they shall be denied a drop of water.

Hebrew interlinear

H6662

צַדִּיקtsaddîyq/tsad-deek'/

a — just

Derivation: from 6663;

just

KJV: just, lawful, righteous (man).

צַדִּיק

adj — just

צַדִּיק 206 adj. just, righteous

H398

אָכַלʼâkal/aw-kal'/

v — eat

Derivation: a primitive root;

to eat (literally or figuratively)

KJV: × at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, × freely, × in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, × quite.

אָכַל

vb — eat

אָכַל 806 vb. eat

Qal

1. eat, human subject

2. of beasts, birds, etc., eat, devour

3. fig. of fire, devour, consume

4. of sword, devour, slay

5. in genl., devour, consume, destroy

6. fig. of oppression, devour the poor

Niph.

1. be eaten by man

2. be devoured by fire, consumed

3. be wasted, destroyed, of flesh

Pu. be consumed

Hiph.

1. cause to eat, feed with

2. cause to devoure, obj. sword

H7648

שֹׂבַעsôbaʻ/so'-bah/

n-m — satisfaction

Derivation: from 7646;

satisfaction (of food or [figuratively] joy)

KJV: fill, full(-ness), satisfying, be satisfied.

שֹׂ֫בַע

n.[m.] — satiety

שֹׂ֫בַע n.[m.] satiety, abundance

H5315

נֶפֶשׁnephesh/neh'-fesh/

n-f — breathing creature, animal, vitality

Derivation: from 5314;

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

KJV: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, × dead(-ly), desire, × (dis-) contented, × fish, ghost, greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, × jeopardy of) life (× in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, slay, soul, tablet, they, thing, (× she) will, × would have it.

נֶ֫פֶשׁ

n.f — soul

נֶ֫פֶשׁ 756 n.f. soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion

1. = that which breathes, the breathing substance or being

2. The נפשׁ becomes a living being

3. The נפשׁ is specif.

4. The נפשׁ as the essential of man stands for the man himself

5. נפשׁ = seat of the appetites, in all periods (46 t.)

6. נ׳ = seat of emotions and passions

7. נפשׁ is used occasionally for mental acts

8. נפשׁ for acts of the will is dub.

9. נפשׁ = character is still more dub.

10. נ׳ in D

H990

בֶּטֶןbeṭen/beh'-ten/

n-f — belly, womb, bosom, body

Derivation: from an unused root probably meaning to be hollow;

the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything

KJV: belly, body, as they be born, within, womb.

בֶּ֫טֶן

n.f — belly

בֶּ֫טֶן n.f. belly, body, womb

H7563

רָשָׁעrâshâʻ/raw-shaw'/

a — wrong, bad

Derivation: from 7561;

morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person

KJV: condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.

רָשָׁע

adj — wicked

רָשָׁע 263 adj. wicked, criminal

H2637

חָסֵרchâçêr/khaw-sare'/

v — lack, fail, want, lessen

Derivation: a primitive root;

to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen

KJV: be abated, bereave, decrease, (cause to) fail, (have) lack, make lower, want.

חָסֵר

vb — lack

חָסֵר vb. lack, need, be lacking, decrease

Qal

1. lack

2. be lacking

3. diminish, decrease

Pi. cause to lack

Hiph. cause to be lacking, fail

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