Proverbs 13:22
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
21Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.
23Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.
Cross References
Genesis 17:7I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
Job 27:16Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
Psalms 25:12Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him.
Psalms 102:28The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”
Psalms 128:6that you may see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel!
Ecclesiastes 2:26To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
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 →