23 Much food is in the field of the [a]poor, but the field is destroyed without discretion.

24 (A)He that spareth his rod, hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betime.

25 The righteous eateth to the contentation of his mind: but the belly of the wicked shall want.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:23 God blesseth the labor of the poor, and consumeth their goods which are negligent, because they think they have enough.

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