Proverbs 20:21

The Passion Translation

If an inheritance is gained too early in life, it will not be blessed in the end.

Cross References

Proverbs 13:22

The benevolent man leaves an inheritance that endures to his children’s children, but the wealth of the wicked is treasured up for the righteous.

Proverbs 20:20

If you despise your father or mother, your life will flicker out like a lamp, extinguished into the deepest darkness.

Proverbs 20:22

Don’t ever say, “I’m going to get even with them if it’s the last thing I do!” Wrap God’s grace around your heart and he will be the one to vindicate you.

Proverbs 21:6

You can make a fortune dishonestly, but your crime will hold you in the snares of death!

Proverbs 23:4

Don’t compare yourself to the rich. Surrender your selfish ambition and evaluate them properly.

Proverbs 28:20

Life’s blessings drench the honest and faithful person, but punishment rains down upon the greedy and dishonest.

Proverbs 28:22

A greedy man is in a race to get rich, but he forgets that he could lose what’s most important and end up with nothing.

Proverbs 28:8

Go ahead and get rich on the backs of the poor, but all the wealth you gather will one day be given to those who are kind to the needy.

1 Timothy 6:9

But those who crave the wealth of this world slip into spiritual snares. They become trapped by the troubles that come through their foolish and harmful desires, driven by greed and drowning in their own sinful pleasures. And they take others down with them into their corruption and eventual destruction.