Proverbs 20:21

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An inheritance gained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed at the end.

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  • Prov 13:22 : 22 A good person leaves an inheritance for their grandchildren, but the sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous.
  • Prov 23:4 : 4 Do not wear yourself out trying to become rich; stop relying on your own understanding.
  • Prov 28:22 : 22 A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth and does not consider that poverty will come upon him.
  • Prov 28:8 : 8 Whoever increases his wealth by charging interest and unfair gain gathers it for one who is kind to the poor.
  • Prov 28:20 : 20 A faithful man will abound in blessings, but one in a hurry to get rich will not go unpunished.
  • Hab 2:6 : 6 Will not all these take up a taunt against him, with mocking sayings and riddles? They will say, "Woe to him who amasses what is not his! How long will this go on? And who weighs himself down with stolen goods?"
  • Zech 5:4 : 4 'I will send it out,' declares the LORD of Hosts, 'and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by my name. It will remain inside their house and consume it completely, including its timber and stones.'
  • Mal 2:2 : 2 If you do not listen and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name, says the Lord of Hosts, I will send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them because you do not take it to heart.
  • 1 Tim 6:9 : 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
  • Job 27:16-17 : 16 Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up clothes like clay, 17 he may prepare it, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide his silver.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 28:20-22
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    20A faithful man will abound in blessings, but one in a hurry to get rich will not go unpunished.

    21To show partiality is not good, yet for a piece of bread, a man will transgress.

    22A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth and does not consider that poverty will come upon him.

  • Prov 20:20
    78%

    20Whoever curses their father or mother, their lamp will be extinguished in utter darkness.

  • Prov 13:21-23
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    75%

    21Trouble pursues sinners, but the righteous are rewarded with good.

    22A good person leaves an inheritance for their grandchildren, but the sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous.

    23An abundance of food may come from the land of the poor, but it is sometimes swept away for lack of justice.

  • Ps 37:22
    75%

    22For those blessed by the LORD will inherit the land, but those cursed by Him will be cut off.

  • Prov 21:5-7
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    5The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

    6The acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a trap of death.

    7The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to act justly.

  • Prov 13:11
    74%

    11Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

  • Prov 20:22
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    22Do not say, 'I will repay evil'; wait for the Lord, and He will deliver you.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
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    74%

    13Or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when they have children, there is nothing left for them to inherit.

    14As everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb, so they depart naked as they came. They take nothing from their toil that they can carry in their hands.

  • Jer 17:11
    73%

    11Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay, so is one who gains wealth by unjust means. In the middle of his life, it will desert him, and in the end, he will prove to be a fool.

  • Job 20:28-29
    2 verses
    73%

    28The produce of his house will be carried away, flowing away on the day of God's wrath.

    29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the inheritance decreed for him by the Almighty.

  • Prov 19:20
    72%

    20Listen to advice and accept discipline, so that you may become wise in the future.

  • Job 20:18
    72%

    18He will give back the fruit of his labor but will not swallow it; like the wealth of his trade, he will not enjoy it.

  • Prov 10:22
    72%

    22The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and He adds no sorrow with it.

  • Prov 19:14-15
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    14Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

    15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and a lazy soul will go hungry.

  • Prov 11:29
    72%

    29Whoever troubles his own household will inherit the wind, and the fool will be a servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 17:21
    72%

    21The one who fathers a fool brings grief; the father of a senseless child has no joy.

  • Prov 21:20
    72%

    20Valuable treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish person swallows them up.

  • Prov 29:21
    71%

    21If a servant is pampered from youth, in the end he will cause grief.

  • Eccl 7:11
    71%

    11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, and it is an advantage for those who see the light of day.

  • Prov 15:6
    71%

    6The house of the righteous contains great treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.

  • Prov 30:11
    71%

    11There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.

  • Prov 23:18
    71%

    18For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16One who oppresses the poor to increase their wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich will both come to poverty.

  • Deut 21:16
    71%

    16on the day he gives his inheritance to his sons, he must not give the rights of the firstborn to the son of the loved wife in place of the son of the unloved wife, who is really the firstborn.

  • Deut 27:16
    71%

    16Cursed is anyone who dishonors his father or mother. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

  • Luke 12:21
    70%

    21So it is with one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.

  • Job 5:3
    70%

    3I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his home.

  • Job 21:19
    70%

    19God stores up their iniquity for their children. Let him repay them so that they may experience it themselves.

  • Prov 21:26
    70%

    26All day long they crave and crave, but the righteous give and do not hold back.

  • Prov 5:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10Lest strangers feast on your strength, and your hard-earned wealth end up in the house of a foreigner.

    11At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent.

  • Prov 22:6
    70%

    6Train a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.

  • Prov 20:14
    70%

    14'It’s no good, it’s no good!' says the buyer; then he goes away and boasts about the deal.

  • Prov 17:13
    70%

    13If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never depart from their house.

  • Prov 22:8
    70%

    8Whoever sows injustice will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will fail.

  • Prov 15:20
    70%

    20A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish person despises his mother.

  • Prov 25:8
    70%

    8Do not go hastily to court, lest you do something in the end that leaves you humiliated when your neighbor puts you to shame.

  • Prov 10:2
    70%

    2Treasures gained through wickedness bring no benefit, but righteousness rescues from death.

  • Exod 21:17
    70%

    17Anyone who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death.

  • Prov 1:19
    70%

    19Such are the ways of everyone who gains unjust profit; it takes away the life of its owners.

  • Job 15:29
    70%

    29He will no longer be rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread out across the land.