God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 13:22
22Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren, but the wealth of sinners is stored away for a righteous person.
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
20Whoever walks with wise people will be wise, but whoever associates with fools will suffer. 21Disaster hunts down sinners, but righteous people are rewarded with good. Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren, but the wealth of sinners is stored away for a righteous person. 23When poor people are able to plow, there is much food, but a person is swept away where there is no justice. 24Whoever refuses to spank his son hates him, but whoever loves his son disciplines him from early on.
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 17:7I will make my promise to you and your descendants for generations to come as an everlasting promise. I will be your God and the God of your descendants.
- Psalms 25:12Who, then, is this person that fears the Lord? He is the one whom the Lord will teach which path to choose.
- Psalms 102:28The children of your servants will go on living ⌞here⌟. Their descendants will be secure in your presence.”
- Psalms 112:2His descendants will grow strong on the earth. The family of a decent person will be blessed.
- Psalms 128:6May you live to see your children’s children. Let there be peace in Israel!
- Proverbs 28:8Whoever becomes wealthy through ⌞unfair⌟ loans and interest collects them for the one who is kind to the poor.
- Job 27:16Though he collects silver like dust and piles up clothing like dirt,
- Ecclesiastes 2:26God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to anyone who pleases him. But to the person who continues to sin, he gives the job of gathering and collecting ⌞wealth⌟. The sinner must turn his wealth over to the person who pleases God. Even this is pointless. ⌞It’s like⌟ trying 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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