Proverbs 13:23
The righteous shall spend many years in wealth: but the unrighteous shall perish suddenly.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
In Context
22A good man shall inherit children's children; and the wealth of ungodly men is laid up for the just.
24He that spares the rod hates his son: but he that loves, carefully chastens him.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:6Go to the ant, O sluggard; and see, and emulate his ways, and become wiser than he.
Proverbs 12:11a He that enjoys himself in banquets of wine, shall leave dishonour in his own strong holds.
Proverbs 27:18He that plants a fig-tree shall eat the fruits of it: so he that waits on his own master shall be honoured.
Proverbs 28:19He that tills his own land shall be satisfied with + 28:19 Gr. plural.bread: but he that follows idleness shall have plenty of poverty.
Ecclesiastes 8:5He that keeps the commandment shall not know an evil thing: and the heart of the wise knows the time of judgment.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:23
22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. See here, 1. How a good man's estate lasts: He leaves an inheritance to his children's children. It is part of his praise that he is thoughtful for posterity, that he does not lay all out upon himself, but is in care to do well for those that come after him, not by withholding more than is meet, but by a prudent and decent frugality. He trains up his children to this, that they may leave it to… Read the whole commentary →