Proverbs 13:22
A good person leaves an inheritance for his grandchildren, 1 but a sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous person. 1
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21Disaster runs after sinners, 1 but righteous people are rewarded with good. 1
23An unplowed field owned by the poor could produce much food, 1 but it is swept away by injustice. 1
Cross References
Genesis 17:7I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you, throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.
Job 27:16Though the wicked man heaps up silver like the dust, 1 and heaps up clothing like clay, 1
Psalms 25:12Who is the man who fears Yahweh? 1 The Lord will instruct him in the way that he should choose. 1
Psalms 102:28The children of your servants will live on, 1 and their descendants will live in your presence.”
Psalms 128:6May you live to see your children's children. 1 May peace be on Israel.
Ecclesiastes 2:26For to anyone who pleases him, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy. However, to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and storing up so that he may give it away to someone who pleases God. This also amounts to vapor and an attempt to shepherd 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 →