A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.
Proverbs 20:21 - Tree of Life Version An estate acquired quickly in the beginning will not be blessed in the end. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition An inheritance hastily gotten [by greedy, unjust means] at the beginning, in the end it will not be blessed. [Prov. 28:20; Hab. 2:6.] American Standard Version (1901) An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed. Common English Bible Inheritance gained quickly at first won’t bless later on. Catholic Public Domain Version When an inheritance is obtained hastily in the beginning, in the end it will be without a blessing. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing. |
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.
Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be snuffed out in utter darkness.
Do not say, “I will pay back evil!” Wait for Adonai, so He may deliver You.
Getting treasures by a lying tongue is like a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
Do not wear yourself out to get rich. Be wise enough to restrain yourself.
A faithful man will have many blessings, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.
A stingy man chases after riches, but does not know that poverty will overtake him.
Whoever increases his wealth by exorbitant interest, gathers it for one kinder to the poor.
Will not all take up a proverb against him or a scornful riddle about him? “Oy to one expanding what isn’t his! How long? Oy to one burdening himself with heavy debts!”
“I will send it out”—it is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot—“and it will enter into the house of the thief and into the house of the one who swears falsely by My Name and will reside inside his house destroying it, both its wood and its stones.”
If you will not listen, and if you will not take to heart to give glory to My Name” —says Adonai-Tzva’ot— “then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, indeed I have cursed them, because you did not take it to heart.
But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and a trap and many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.