Proverbs 13:22
When good people die, their grandchildren inherit their money; but when sinners die, the money that they had will end up in the hands of righteous people.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
21Sinners have trouble [PRS] wherever they go, but things will go well for righteous people.
23Sometimes poor people’s fields produce plenty of food, but unjust people take away all that food.
Cross References
Genesis 17:7I will make this agreement between me and you and your descendants. It will be an everlasting agreement to be in effect for many generations. This agreement is that I will be your God, and the God of your descendants.
Job 27:16Sometimes wicked people accumulate a huge amount [SIM] of silver and pile up clothes like [SIM] those clothes were a pile of clay,
Psalms 25:12To all those who revere you [RHQ], you show them the ◄right way to conduct their lives/things that they should do►.
Psalms 102:28Some day our children will live safely in Jerusalem, and their descendants will be protected in your presence.”
Psalms 128:6I desire that you will live many years, long enough to see your grandchildren. I desire/hope that things will go well for the people in Israel!
Ecclesiastes 2:26God enables those who please him to be wise, to know many things, and to enjoy many things. But if sinful people work hard and become rich, God can take their money away from them and give it to those who please him. But that also is something that is difficult for me to understand. Their working hard seems useless, like chasing 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 →