New King James Version
Proverbs 13:22
22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, But the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.
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 Living Translation (NLT)Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren, but the sinner’s wealth passes to the godly.
Context of Proverbs 13:22
20He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed. 21Evil pursues sinners, But to the righteous, good shall be repaid. A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, But the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous. 23Much food is in the fallow ground of the poor, And for lack of justice there is waste. 24He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him promptly.
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 17:7And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you.
- Psalms 25:12Who is the man that fears the Lord? Him shall He teach in the way He chooses.
- Psalms 102:28The children of Your servants will continue, And their descendants will be established before You.”
- Psalms 112:2His descendants will be mighty on earth; The generation of the upright will be blessed.
- Psalms 128:6Yes, may you see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel!
- Proverbs 28:8One who increases his possessions by usury and extortion Gathers it for him who will pity the poor.
- Job 27:16Though he heaps up silver like dust, And piles up clothing like clay—
- Ecclesiastes 2:26For God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting, that he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for 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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