Proverbs 13:22
The good man leaveth heirs, sons, and grandsons: and the substance of the sinner is kept for the just.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
In Context
21Evil pursueth sinners: and to the just good shall be repaid.
23Much food is in the tillage of fathers: but for others it is gathered without judgment.
Cross References
Genesis 17:7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and between thy seed after thee in their generations, by a perpetual covenant: to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Job 27:16If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay,
Psalms 25:12My foot hath stood in the direct way: in the churches I will bless thee, O Lord.
Psalms 128:6Let them be as grass upon the tops of houses: which withereth before it be plucked up:
Ecclesiastes 2:26God hath given to a man that is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he hath given vexation, and superfluous care, to heap up and to gather together, and to give it to him that hath pleased God: but this also is vanity, and a fruitless solicitude 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 →