A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, But the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.
Proverbs 20:21 - The Scriptures 2009 An inheritance obtained with greed at the beginning Is not blessed at the end. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition An inheritance hastily gotten [by greedy, unjust means] at the beginning, in the end it will not be blessed. [Prov. 28:20; Hab. 2:6.] American Standard Version (1901) An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed. Common English Bible Inheritance gained quickly at first won’t bless later on. Catholic Public Domain Version When an inheritance is obtained hastily in the beginning, in the end it will be without a blessing. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing. |
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, But the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.
Whoever curses his father or his mother, His lamp is put out in deep darkness.
Gaining treasures by a lying tongue Is a fleeting vapour, heading for death.
A man of truth has many blessings, But one in a hurry to be rich does not go unpunished.
A man with an evil eye runs after wealth, And does not know that poverty awaits him.
He who increases his possessions by interest and profit Gathers it for him who shows favour to the poor.
“Shall not all these lift up a proverb against him, and a mocking riddle against him, and say, ‘Woe to him who increases what is not his! Till when is he to load on himself many pledges’?
“I shall send it out,” declares יהוה of hosts, “and it shall come into the house of the thief and the house of the one who shall swear falsely by My Name. And it shall remain in the midst of his house and shall consume it, both its timber and stones.”
“If you do not hear, and if you do not take it to heart, to give esteem to My Name,” said יהוה of hosts, “I shall send a curse upon you, and I shall curse your blessings. And indeed, I have cursed them, because you do not take it to heart.
But those wishing to be rich fall into trial and a snare, and into many foolish and injurious lusts which plunge men in ruin and destruction.