Proverbs 20:21

Geneva Bible (1560)

An heritage is hastely gotten at the beginning, but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:22 : 22 The good man shall giue inheritance vnto his childrens children: and the riches of the sinner is layde vp for the iust.
  • Prov 23:4 : 4 Trauaile not too much to be rich: but cease from thy wisdome.
  • Prov 28:22 : 22 A man with a wicked eye hasteth to riches, and knoweth not, that pouertie shall come vpon him.
  • Prov 28:8 : 8 He that increaseth his riches by vsurie and interest, gathereth them for him that will be mercifull vnto the poore.
  • Prov 28:20 : 20 A faythfull man shall abound in blessings, and he that maketh haste to be riche, shall not be innocent.
  • Hab 2:6 : 6 Shall not all these take vp a parable against him, and a tanting prouerbe against him, and say, Ho, he that increaseth that which is not his? howe long? and hee that ladeth himselfe with thicke clay?
  • Zech 5:4 : 4 I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thiefe, and into the house of him, that falsely sweareth by my Name: and it shall remaine in the middes of his house, and shall consume it, with the timber thereof, and stones thereof.
  • Mal 2:2 : 2 If yee will not heare it, nor consider it in your heart, to giue glory vnto my Name, sayth the Lorde of hostes, I will euen sende a curse vpon you, and will curse your blessings: yea, I haue cursed them alreadie, because yee doe not consider it in your heart.
  • 1 Tim 6:9 : 9 For they that will be rich, fall into tentation and snares, and into many foolish and noysome lustes, which drowne men in perdition and destruction.
  • Job 27:16-17 : 16 Though he shoulde heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay, 17 He may prepare it, but the iust shall put it on, and the innocent shall deuide the siluer.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 28:20-22
    3 verses
    79%

    20A faythfull man shall abound in blessings, and he that maketh haste to be riche, shall not be innocent.

    21To haue respect of persons is not good: for that man will transgresse for a piece of bread.

    22A man with a wicked eye hasteth to riches, and knoweth not, that pouertie shall come vpon him.

  • Prov 20:20
    78%

    20He that curseth his father or his mother, his light shalbe put out in obscure darkenes.

  • Prov 13:21-23
    3 verses
    75%

    21Affliction followeth sinners: but vnto the righteous God will recompense good.

    22The good man shall giue inheritance vnto his childrens children: and the riches of the sinner is layde vp for the iust.

    23Much foode is in the fielde of the poore: but the fielde is destroyed without discretion.

  • Ps 37:22
    75%

    22For such as be blessed of God, shall inherite the lande, and they that be cursed of him, shalbe cut off.

  • Prov 21:5-7
    3 verses
    74%

    5The thoughtes of the diligent doe surely bring abundance: but whosoeuer is hastie, commeth surely to pouertie.

    6The gathering of treasures by a deceitfull tongue is vanitie tossed to and fro of them that seeke death.

    7The robberie of the wicked shall destroy them: for they haue refused to execute iudgement.

  • Prov 13:11
    74%

    11The riches of vanitie shal diminish: but he that gathereth with the hand, shall increase them.

  • Prov 20:22
    74%

    22Say not thou, I wil recompense euill: but waite vpon the Lord, and he shall saue thee.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13(5:12) There is an euill sickenes that I haue seene vnder the sunne: to wit, riches reserued to the owners thereof for their euill.

    14(5:13) And these riches perish by euill trauel, and he begetteth a sonne, and in his hand is nothing.

  • Jer 17:11
    73%

    11As the partryche gathereth the yong, which she hath not brought forth: so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leaue them in the middes of his dayes, and at his ende shall bee a foole.

  • Job 20:28-29
    2 verses
    73%

    28The increase of his house shal go away: it shal flow away in the day of his wrath.

    29This is the portion of the wicked man fro God, and the heritage that he shal haue of God for his wordes.

  • Prov 19:20
    72%

    20Heare counsell and receiue instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter ende.

  • Job 20:18
    72%

    18He shal restore the labour, and shall deuoure no more: euen according to the substance shalbe his exchange, & he shal enioy it no more.

  • Prov 10:22
    72%

    22The blessing of the Lorde, it maketh riche, and he doeth adde no sorowes with it.

  • Prov 19:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14House & riches are the inheritance of the fathers: but a prudent wife commeth of the Lord.

    15Slouthfulnes causeth to fall asleepe, and a deceitfull person shall be affamished.

  • Prov 11:29
    72%

    29He that troubleth his owne house, shall inherite the winde, and the foole shalbe seruant to the wise in heart.

  • Prov 17:21
    72%

    21He that begetteth a foole, getteth himselfe sorow, and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.

  • Prov 21:20
    72%

    20In the house of the wise is a pleasant treasure and oyle: but a foolish man deuoureth it.

  • Prov 29:21
    71%

    21He that delicately bringeth vp his seruant from youth, at length he will be euen as his sone.

  • Eccl 7:11
    71%

    11(7:13) Wisedome is good with an inheritance, and excellent to them that see the sunne.

  • Prov 15:6
    71%

    6The house of the righteous hath much treasure: but in the reuenues of the wicked is trouble.

  • Prov 30:11
    71%

    11There is a generation that curseth their father, and doeth not blesse their mother.

  • Prov 23:18
    71%

    18For surely there is an ende, and thy hope shall not be cut off.

  • Prov 22:16
    71%

    16Hee that oppresseth the poore to increase him selfe, and giueth vnto the riche, shall surely come to pouertie.

  • Deut 21:16
    71%

    16Then when the time commeth, that hee appointeth his sonnes to be heires of that which he hath, he may not make the sonne of the beloued first borne before the sonne of the hated, which is the first borne:

  • Deut 27:16
    71%

    16Cursed be he that curseth his father & his mother: And all the people shal say: So be it.

  • Luke 12:21
    70%

    21So is he that gathereth riches to himselfe, and is not riche in God.

  • Job 5:3
    70%

    3I haue seene the foolish well rooted, and suddenly I cursed his habitation, saying,

  • Job 21:19
    70%

    19God wil lay vp the sorowe of the father for his children: when he rewardeth him, hee shall knowe it.

  • Prov 21:26
    70%

    26He coueteth euermore greedily, but the righteous giueth and spareth not.

  • Prov 5:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10Least the stranger should be silled with thy strength, and thy labours bee in the house of a stranger,

    11And thou mourne at thine end, (when thou hast consumed thy flesh and thy bodie)

  • Prov 22:6
    70%

    6Teache a childe in the trade of his way, and when he is olde, he shall not depart from it.

  • Prov 20:14
    70%

    14It is naught, it is naught, sayth the buyer: but when he is gone apart, he boasteth.

  • Prov 17:13
    70%

    13He that rewardeth euil for good, euil shall not depart from his house.

  • Prov 22:8
    70%

    8He that soweth iniquitie, shall reape affliction, and the rodde of his anger shall faile.

  • Prov 15:20
    70%

    20A wise sonne reioyceth the father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

  • Prov 25:8
    70%

    8Goe not foorth hastily to strife, least thou know not what to doe in the ende thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

  • Prov 10:2
    70%

    2The treasures of wickednesse profite nothing: but righteousnesse deliuereth from death.

  • Exod 21:17
    70%

    17And hee that curseth his father or his mother, shall die the death.

  • Prov 1:19
    70%

    19Such are the wayes of euery one that is greedy of gaine: he would take away the life of the owners thereof.

  • Job 15:29
    70%

    29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof in the earth.