Therefore give not your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters for your sons, and never seek their peace or prosperity, that you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.’
Proverbs 13:22 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A good man leaves an inheritance [of moral stability and goodness] to his children's children, and the wealth of the sinner [finds its way eventually] into the hands of the righteous, for whom it was laid up. American Standard Version (1901) A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children; And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous. Common English Bible Good people leave their grandchildren an inheritance, but the wealth of sinners is stored up for the righteous. Catholic Public Domain Version The good leave behind heirs: children and grandchildren. And the substance of the sinner is preserved for the just. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The good man leaveth heirs, sons, and grandsons: and the substance of the sinner is kept for the just. |
Therefore give not your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters for your sons, and never seek their peace or prosperity, that you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.’
The children of thy servants shall dwell secure; their posterity shall be established before thee.
His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging bread.
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of sons is their fathers.
He who augments his wealth by interest and increase gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.
For to the man who pleases him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.