Proverbs 13:22 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²² A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children; And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² 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

²² 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)

²² 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

²² Good people leave their grandchildren an inheritance, but the wealth of sinners is stored up for the righteous.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² 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

²² The good man leaveth heirs, sons, and grandsons: and the substance of the sinner is kept for the just.

Proverbs 13:22 Cross References

Ezra 9:12

now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.

Psalm 102:28

The children of thy servants shall continue, And their seed shall be established before thee.

Psalm 112:2

His seed shall be mighty upon earth: The generation of the upright shall be blessed.

Psalm 128:6

Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children. Peace be upon Israel.

Psalm 37:25

I have been young, and now am old; Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his seed begging their bread.

Proverbs 17:6

Children's children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.

Proverbs 28:8

He that augmenteth his substance by usury and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the man that pleaseth him God giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.