Proverbs 19:23 KJV
The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
Proverbs 19:23, King James Version
In context
22 The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
23 The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
24 A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Cross-references
- Matthew 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
- Proverbs 14:26 In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
- Proverbs 12:21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
- Isaiah 58:10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:
- 1 Timothy 4:8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.