Proverbs 20:21
The heritage that commeth hastylye at the first, shall not be blessed at the ende.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
In Context
20Who so curseth his father and mother, his light shalbe put out in the depth of darknesse.
22Say not thou, I wyll recompence euyll: but put thy trust in the Lorde, and he shall deliuer thee.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:22He that is vertuous leaueth an heritaunce vnto his childers children, & the riches of ye sinner is layde vp for the iust.
Proverbs 28:8He that by vsurie and vniust gaynes gathereth riches: he shall lay them in store for a man that will pitie the poore.
Proverbs 28:22He that wyll be riche all to soone, hath an euyll eye: and considereth not that pouertie shall come vpon hym.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:21
20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. Here is, 1. An undutiful child become very wicked by degrees. He began with despising his father and mother, slighting their instructions, disobeying their commands, and raging at their rebukes, but at length he arrives at such a pitch of impudence and impiety as to curse them, to give them scurrilous and opprobrious language, and to wish mischief to those that were instruments of his being and have taken so much care and… Read the whole commentary →