Proverbs 13:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 28:8 : 8 He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor.
  • Job 27:16-17 : 16 Though he may get silver together like dust, and make ready great stores of clothing; 17 He may get them ready, but the upright will put them on, and he who is free from sin will take the silver for a heritage.
  • Eccl 2:26 : 26 To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.
  • Gen 17:7-8 : 7 And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you. 8 And to you and to your seed after you, I will give the land in which you are living, all the land of Canaan for an eternal heritage; and I will be their God.
  • Ezra 9:12 : 12 So now do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or do anything for their peace or well-being for ever; so that you may be strong, living on the good of the land, and handing it on to your children for a heritage for ever.
  • Ps 102:28 : 28 The children of your servants will have a safe resting-place, and their seed will be ever before you.
  • Ps 112:2 : 2 His seed will be strong on the earth; blessings will be on the generation of the upright.
  • Ps 128:6 : 6 May you see your children's children. Peace be on Israel.
  • Ps 25:12-13 : 12 If a man has the fear of the Lord, the Lord will be his teacher in the way of his pleasure. 13 His soul will be full of good things, and his seed will have the earth for its heritage.
  • Ps 37:25 : 25 I have been young, and now am old, but I have not seen the good man without help, or his children looking for bread.

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  • 21 Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.

  • 23 There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.

  • 7 An upright man goes on in his righteousness: happy are his children after him!

  • Ps 112:2-3
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    2 His seed will be strong on the earth; blessings will be on the generation of the upright.

    3 A store of wealth will be in his house, and his righteousness will be for ever.

  • 21 A heritage may be got quickly at first, but the end of it will not be a blessing.

  • Ps 37:21-22
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    21 The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others.

    22 Those who have his blessing will have the earth for their heritage; but those who are cursed by him will be cut off.

  • 6 In the house of the upright man there is a great store of wealth; but in the profits of the sinner there is trouble.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
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    13 And I saw the destruction of his wealth by an evil chance; and when he became the father of a son he had nothing in his hand.

    14 As he came from his mother at birth, so does he go again; he gets from his work no reward which he may take away in his hand.

  • 10 His children are hoping that the poor will be kind to them, and his hands give back his wealth.

  • 31 If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!

  • 16 The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.

  • Prov 13:6-7
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    6 Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

    7 A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.

  • 13 This is the punishment of the evil-doer from God, and the heritage given to the cruel by the Ruler of all.

  • 16 The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.

  • 2 Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.

  • 6 Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.

  • 18 The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.

  • 6 If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

  • 4 Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.

  • 19 You say, God keeps punishment stored up for his children. Let him send it on the man himself, so that he may have the punishment of it!

  • 11 Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.

  • Job 20:28-29
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    28 The produce of his house is taken away into another country, like things given into the hands of others in the day of wrath.

    29 This is the reward of the evil man, and the heritage given to him by God.

  • 29 The upright will have the earth for their heritage, and will go on living there for ever.

  • 13 If anyone gives back evil for good, evil will never go away from his house.

  • 20 A man of good faith will have great blessing, but one attempting to get wealth quickly will not go free from punishment.

  • 21 So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.

  • 28 He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.

  • 11 Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.

  • 18 Though he made their houses full of good things: but the purpose of the evil-doers is far from me!

  • 14 Now if he has a son who sees all his father's sins which he has done, and in fear does not do the same:

  • Ps 37:26-27
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    26 All the day he is ready to have mercy and to give; his children are a blessing.

    27 Be turned from evil, and do good; and your place will be for ever.

  • 16 He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

  • 5 All is well for the man who is kind and gives freely to others; he will make good his cause when he is judged.

  • 13 His soul will be full of good things, and his seed will have the earth for its heritage.

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    23 The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.

    24 A man may give freely, and still his wealth will be increased; and another may keep back more than is right, but only comes to be in need.

  • 32 The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

  • 8 He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor.

  • 22 The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.

  • 26 All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.

  • 19 The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

  • 24 The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.

  • 10 Happy is the upright man! for he will have joy of the fruit of his ways.

  • 6 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.