Proverbs 13:22
A good man causes sons’ sons to inherit, || And the sinner’s wealth [is] laid up for the righteous.
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In Context
21Evil pursues sinners, || And good repays the righteous.
23Abundance of food—the tillage of the poor, || And substance is consumed without judgment.
Cross References
Genesis 17:7And I have established My covenant between Me and you, and your seed after you, throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant, to become God to you, and to your seed after you;
Job 27:16If he heaps up silver as dust, || And prepares clothing as clay,
Psalms 25:12Who [is] this—the man fearing YHWH? He directs him in the way He chooses.
Psalms 102:28The sons of Your servants continue, || And their seed is established before You!
Psalms 128:6And see the sons of your sons! Peace on Israel!
Ecclesiastes 2:26For to a man who [is] good before Him, He has given wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; and to a sinner He has given travail, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good before God. Even this [is] vanity and distress of spirit.
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 →