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Proverbs 13:22
22When a good person dies, he leaves good things for his grandchildren. But a sinner's riches will belong to righteous people in the end.
Proverbs 13:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
- New International Version (NIV)A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children, but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.
- English Standard Version (ESV)A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, But the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.
Context of Proverbs 13:22
20If you have wise people as your friends, you will become wise yourself. But if you have foolish friends, you will hurt yourself. 21Trouble chases sinners and it catches them. But righteous people will receive good things. When a good person dies, he leaves good things for his grandchildren. But a sinner's riches will belong to righteous people in the end. 23Even a poor man's field may give him enough food. But he loses it because wicked people rob him. 24If you do not punish your child, you show that you hate him. If you really love your child, you will punish him when he does something wrong.
Read all of Proverbs 13Proverbs 13:22 word by word
ט֗וֹב יַנְחִ֥יל בְּנֵֽי־בָנִ֑ים וְצָפ֥וּן לַ֝צַּדִּ֗יק חֵ֣יל חוֹטֵֽא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 13:22
- Genesis 17:7My covenant with you is very strong. I am making it with you and with your descendants. It will continue for generation after generation of your descendants, for all time. I will be your God. I will also be the God of all your descendants.
- Psalms 25:12If people respect the Lord, the Lord will show them the right way to live.
- Psalms 102:28As your servants, our children will live here safely. Their children too will be safe, as they live near to you.’
- Psalms 112:2His children will become powerful in the land. God will bless their descendants who serve him.
- Psalms 128:6I pray that you will live to see your grandchildren. May Israel have peace!
- Proverbs 28:8If you make people pay more when you lend money to them, you may become rich. But someone else will enjoy your riches. They will go to someone who is kind to poor people.
- Job 27:16Wicked people may have lots of money. They may have silver like heaps of sand. They may have more clothes than they could ever wear.
- Ecclesiastes 2:26God gives wisdom, knowledge and joy to people who please him. Wicked people may work hard and become rich. But God takes away their valuable things and he gives them to someone who pleases him. So their hard work has no purpose. It is like somebody who tries to catch the wind.
Commentaries on Proverbs 13:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22A good man leaveth an inheritance - He files many a prayer in heaven in their behalf, and his good example and advices are remembered and quoted from generation to generation. Besides, whatever property he left was honestly acquired, and well-gotten goods are permanent. The general experience of men shows this to be a common case; and that property ill-gotten seldom reaches to the third generation. This even the heathens observed. Hence: De male quaesitis…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22An expression of trust, that in the long run the anomalies of the world are rendered even (compare the marginal references). The heaped up treasures of the wicked find their way at last into the hands of better men.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22Verse 22 The servant of God who is not anxious about riches, takes the best method of providing for his children.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. wealth ... just--While good men's estates remain in their families, God so orders that the gains of sinners enure to the just (compare Pr 28:8; Psa 37:18, 22, 26, &c.).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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