Proverbs 13:22

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

A good person leaves an inheritance for his grandchildren, but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 28:8 : 8 The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.
  • Job 27:16-17 : 16 If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay, 17 what he stores up a righteous man will wear, and an innocent man will inherit his silver.
  • Eccl 2:26 : 26 For to the one who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner, he gives the task of amassing wealth– only to give it to the one who pleases God. This task of the wicked is futile– like chasing the wind!
  • Gen 17:7-8 : 7 I will confirm my covenant as a perpetual covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you. 8 I will give the whole land of Canaan– the land where you are now residing– to you and your descendants after you as a permanent possession. I will be their God.”
  • Ezra 9:12 : 12 Therefore do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons, and do not take their daughters in marriage for your sons. Do not ever seek their peace or welfare, so that you may be strong and may eat the good of the land and may leave it as an inheritance for your children forever.’
  • Ps 102:28 : 28 The children of your servants will settle down here, and their descendants will live securely in your presence.”
  • Ps 112:2 : 2 His descendants will be powerful on the earth; the godly will be blessed.
  • Ps 128:6 : 6 and that you might see your grandchildren. May Israel experience peace!
  • Ps 25:12-13 : 12 The LORD shows his faithful followers the way they should live. 13 They experience his favor; their descendants inherit the land.
  • Ps 37:25 : 25 I was once young, now I am old. I have never seen a godly man abandoned, or his children forced to search for food.

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    21Calamity pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

  • Prov 13:23
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    23Abundant food may come from the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.

  • Prov 20:7
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    7The righteous person behaves in integrity; blessed are his children after him.

  • Ps 112:2-3
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    2His descendants will be powerful on the earth; the godly will be blessed.

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  • Prov 20:21
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    21An inheritance gained easily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

  • Ps 37:21-22
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    21Evil men borrow, but do not repay their debt, but the godly show compassion and are generous.

    22Surely those favored by the LORD will possess the land, but those rejected by him will be wiped out.

  • Prov 15:6
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    6In the house of the righteous is abundant wealth, but the income of the wicked will be ruined.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
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    13Materialism Thwarts Enjoyment of Life Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

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  • Job 20:10
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    10His sons must recompense the poor; his own hands must return his wealth.

  • Prov 11:31
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    31If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!

  • Ps 37:16
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    16The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,

  • Prov 13:6-7
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    6Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

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  • Job 27:13
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    13This is the portion of the wicked man allotted by God, the inheritance that evildoers receive from the Almighty.

  • Prov 10:16
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    16The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment.

  • Prov 10:2
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    2Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Prov 17:6
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    6Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.

  • Prov 11:18
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    18The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

  • Prov 22:6
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    6Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

  • Prov 11:4
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    4Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Job 21:19
    73%

    19You may say,‘God stores up a man’s punishment for his children!’ Instead let him repay the man himself so that he may be humbled!

  • Eccl 7:11
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    11Wisdom Can Lengthen One’s Life Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing; it benefits those who see the light of day.

  • Job 20:28-29
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    28A flood will carry off his house, rushing waters on the day of God’s wrath.

    29Such is the lot God allots the wicked, and the heritage of his appointment from God.”

  • Ps 37:29
    72%

    29The godly will possess the land and will dwell in it permanently.

  • Prov 17:13
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    13As for the one who repays evil for good, evil will not leave his house.

  • Prov 28:20
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    20A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.

  • Luke 12:21
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    21So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God.”

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    28The one who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

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    11Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.

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    18But it was he who filled their houses with good things– yet the counsel of the wicked was far from me.

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  • Prov 22:16
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    16The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.

  • Ps 112:5
    71%

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  • Ps 25:13
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    13They experience his favor; their descendants inherit the land.

  • Prov 11:23-24
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    23The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

    24One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32An evil person will be thrown down through his wickedness, but a righteous person takes refuge in his integrity.

  • Prov 28:8
    71%

    8The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.

  • Prov 10:22
    71%

    22The blessing from the LORD makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.

  • Prov 21:26
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    26All day long he has craved greedily, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

  • Prov 14:19
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  • Prov 23:24
    71%

    24The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; whoever fathers a wise child will have joy in him.

  • Isa 3:10
    71%

    10Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.