Proverbs 20:21
נַחֲלָה מבחלת בָּרִאשֹׁנָה וְאַחֲרִיתָהּ לֹא תְבֹרָֽךְ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
In Context
20מְקַלֵּל אָבִיו וְאִמּוֹ יִֽדְעַךְ נֵרוֹ באישון חֹֽשֶׁךְ ׃
22אַל ־ תֹּאמַר אֲשַׁלְּמָה ־ רָע קַוֵּה לַֽיהוָה וְיֹשַֽׁע לָֽךְ ׃
Cross References
Proverbs 13:22טוֹב יַנְחִיל בְּנֵֽי ־ בָנִים וְצָפוּן לַצַּדִּיק חֵיל חוֹטֵֽא ׃
Proverbs 28:8מַרְבֶּה הוֹנוֹ בְּנֶשֶׁךְ ובתרבית לְחוֹנֵן דַּלִּים יִקְבְּצֶֽנּוּ ׃
Proverbs 28:22נִֽבֳהָל לַהוֹן אִישׁ רַע עָיִן וְלֹֽא ־ יֵדַע כִּי ־ חֶסֶר יְבֹאֶֽנּוּ ׃
Zechariah 5:4הוֹצֵאתִיהָ נְאֻם יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת וּבָאָה אֶל ־ בֵּית הַגַּנָּב וְאֶל ־ בֵּית הַנִּשְׁבָּע בִּשְׁמִי לַשָּׁקֶר וְלָנֶה בְּתוֹךְ בֵּיתוֹ וְכִלַּתּוּ וְאֶת ־ עֵצָיו וְאֶת ־ אֲבָנָֽיו ׃
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:21
20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. Here is, 1. An undutiful child become very wicked by degrees. He began with despising his father and mother, slighting their instructions, disobeying their commands, and raging at their rebukes, but at length he arrives at such a pitch of impudence and impiety as to curse them, to give them scurrilous and opprobrious language, and to wish mischief to those that were instruments of his being and have taken so much care and… Read the whole commentary →