Proverbs 13:22
The good leave behind heirs: children and grandchildren. And the substance of the sinner is preserved for the just.
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In Context
21Evil pursues sinners. And good things shall be distributed to the just.
Cross References
Genesis 17:7And I will establish my covenant between me and you, and with your offspring after you in their generations, by a perpetual covenant: to be God to you and to your offspring after you.
Job 27:16If he will amass silver as if it were dirt and fabricate garments as if they were clay,
Psalms 25:12My foot has stood firm in the straight path. In the churches, I will bless you, O Lord.
Psalms 128:6Let them be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can be pulled up:
Ecclesiastes 2:26God has given, to the man who is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and rejoicing. But to the sinner, he has given affliction and needless worrying, so as to add, and to gather, and to deliver, to him who has pleased God. But this, too, is emptiness and a hollow worrying of the mind.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:22
21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed. Here see, 1. How unavoidable the destruction of sinners is; the wrath of God pursues them, and all the terrors of that wrath: Evil pursues them closely wherever they go, as the avenger of blood pursued the manslayer, and they have no city of refuge to flee to; they attempt an escape, but in vain. Whom God pursues he is sure to overtake. They may prosper for a while and grow very secure, but their damnation slumbers not, though they do. 2. How… Read the whole commentary →