Revised Version 1895
Proverbs 13:22
22A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children; and the wealth of the sinner is laid 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 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
20Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise: but the companion of fools shall smart for it. 21Evil pursueth sinners: but the righteous shall be recompensed with good. A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children; and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous. 23Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice. 24He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Read all of Proverbs 13Proverbs 13:22 word by word
ט֗וֹב יַנְחִ֥יל בְּנֵֽי־בָנִ֑ים וְצָפ֥וּן לַ֝צַּדִּ֗יק חֵ֣יל חוֹטֵֽא׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 13:22
- Genesis 17:7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.
- Psalms 25:12What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he instruct in the way that he shall choose.
- Psalms 102:28The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
- Psalms 112:2His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
- Psalms 128:6Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children. Peace be upon Israel.
- Proverbs 28:8He that augmenteth his substance by usury and increase, gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.
- Job 27:16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
- Ecclesiastes 2:26For to the man that pleaseth him God giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after 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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