Proverbs 20:21

A Conservative Version

An inheritance gotten hastily at the beginning shall not be blessed in the end.

Cross References

Proverbs 13:22

A good man leaves an inheritance to his son's sons, and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.

1 Timothy 6:9

But those who want to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, which sink men in destruction and ruin.

Habakkuk 2:6

Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him who increases that which is not his (how long?) and who loads himself with pledges!

Proverbs 28:22

He who has an evil eye hastens after riches, and does not know that want shall come upon him.

Proverbs 28:20

A faithful man shall abound with blessings, but he who makes haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.

Proverbs 28:8

He who augments his substance by interest and increase, gathers it for him who has pity on the poor.

Proverbs 23:4

Weary not thyself to be rich. Out of thine own wisdom, cease.

Malachi 2:2

If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, says LORD of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings. Yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it

Zechariah 5:4

I will cause it to go forth, says LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name. And it shall abide in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, with the

Proverbs 20:20

He who curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

Proverbs 20:22

Say thou not, I will recompense evil. Wait for LORD, and he will save thee.

Proverbs 21:6

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vapor driven to and fro by those who seek death.