Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
Righteous
The belly
General references
Bible References
Righteous
Psalm 34:10
The lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but they who seek the LORD shall want no manner of thing that is good.
Psalm 37:3
Put thou thy trust in the LORD, and be doing good; dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
1 Timothy 4:8
For bodily exercise profiteth little: But godliness is good unto all things, as a thing which hath promises of the life that is now, and of the life to come.
Hebrews 13:5
Let your conversation be without covetousness, and be content with that ye have already. For he verily said, "I will not fail thee, neither forsake thee."
The belly
Proverbs 6:11
so shall poverty come unto thee as one that travaileth by the way, and necessity like a weaponed man.
Proverbs 24:34
so shall poverty come unto thee as one that travaileth by the way, and necessity like a weaponed man.
Deuteronomy 28:48
therefore thou shalt serve thine enemy which the LORD shall send upon thee: in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and in need of all things. And he shall put a yoke of iron upon thine neck, until he have brought thee to nought.
Deuteronomy 32:24
Burnt with hunger and consumed with heat and with bitter pestilence. I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, and poison serpents.
Isaiah 65:13
Therefore thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall have hunger. Behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall suffer thirst. Behold, my servants shall be merry, but ye shall be confounded.
2 Thessalonians 3:10
For when we were with you, this we warned you of, that if there were any which would not work, that the same should not eat.
General references
Psalm 37:16
A small thing that the righteous hath, is better than the great riches of the ungodly.