Proverbs 13:22 - Easy To Read Version A good person will have wealth to give to his children and grandchildren. And in the end, good people will get all the things that evil people have. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
So, people of Israel, don’t let your children marry their children. Don’t join those people! Don’t want the things they have! Obey my commands so you will be strong and enjoy the good things of the land. And then you can keep this land and give it to your children.”
We are your servants \{today\}.\par Our children will live here.\par And even their descendants will be here\par to worship you.\par
His descendants {\cf2\super [579]} will be great on earth.\par The descendants of good people\par will be truly blessed.\par
I was young, and now I am old.\par And I have never seen God abandon good people.\par I have never seen good people’s children begging for food.\par
Grandchildren make old people happy. And children are proud of their parents.
If you get rich by cheating poor people and charging them high interest rates, then you will lose your wealth. It will go to another person who is kind to them.
If a person does good and pleases God, then God will give that person wisdom, knowledge, and joy. But a person that sins will get only the work of gathering and carrying things. God takes from the bad person and gives to the good person. But all this work is useless. It is like trying to catch the wind. {\cf2\super [14]}