Proverbs 20:21

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An inheritance gained easily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:22 : 22 A good person leaves an inheritance for his grandchildren, but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.
  • Prov 23:4 : 4 Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
  • Prov 28:22 : 22 The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.
  • Prov 28:8 : 8 The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.
  • Prov 28:20 : 20 A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.
  • Hab 2:6 : 6 The Proud Babylonians Are as Good as Dead“But all these nations will someday taunt him and ridicule him with proverbial sayings:‘Woe to the one who accumulates what does not belong to him(How long will this go on?)– he who gets rich by extortion!’
  • Zech 5:4 : 4 “I will send it out,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“and it will enter the house of the thief and of the person who swears falsely in my name. It will land in the middle of his house and destroy both timber and stones.”
  • Mal 2:2 : 2 If you do not listen and take seriously the need to honor my name,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“I will send judgment on you and turn your blessings into curses– indeed, I have already done so because you are not taking it to heart.
  • 1 Tim 6:9 : 9 Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 28:20-22
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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.

    21To show partiality is terrible, for a person will transgress over the smallest piece of bread.

    22The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.

  • Prov 20:20
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    20The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.

  • Prov 13:21-23
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    21Calamity pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

    22A good person leaves an inheritance for his grandchildren, but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.

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

  • Ps 37:22
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    22Surely those favored by the LORD will possess the land, but those rejected by him will be wiped out.

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

    6Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.

    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

  • Prov 13:11
    74%

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

  • Prov 20:22
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    22Do not say,“I will pay back evil!” Wait for the LORD, so that he may vindicate you.

  • 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.

    14Then that wealth was lost through bad luck; although he fathered a son, he has nothing left to give him.

  • Jer 17:11
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    11The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool.”

  • Job 20:28-29
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    73%

    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.”

  • Prov 19:20
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    20Listen to advice and receive discipline, that you may become wise by the end of your life.

  • Job 20:18
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    18He gives back the ill-gotten gain without assimilating it; he will not enjoy the wealth from his commerce.

  • Prov 10:22
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    22The blessing from the LORD makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.

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

    15Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person.

  • Prov 17:21
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    21Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy.

  • Prov 21:20
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    20There is desirable treasure and olive oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish person devours all he has.

  • Prov 29:21
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    21If someone pampers his servant from youth, he will be a weakling in the end.

  • 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.

  • Prov 15:6
    71%

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

  • Prov 30:11
    71%

    11There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

  • Prov 23:18
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    18For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

  • 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.

  • Deut 21:16
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    16In the day he divides his inheritance he must not appoint as firstborn the son of the favorite wife in place of the other wife’s son who is actually the firstborn.

  • Deut 27:16
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    16‘Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

  • Luke 12:21
    70%

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

  • Job 5:3
    70%

    3I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his place of residence.

  • Job 21:19
    70%

    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!

  • Prov 21:26
    70%

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

  • Prov 5:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10lest strangers devour your strength, and your labor benefit another man’s house.

    11And at the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are wasted away.

  • Prov 22:6
    70%

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

  • Prov 20:14
    70%

    14“It’s worthless! It’s worthless!” says the buyer, but when he goes on his way, he boasts.

  • Prov 17:13
    70%

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

  • Prov 22:8
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    8The one who sows iniquity will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will end.

  • Prov 15:20
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    20A wise child brings joy to his father, but a foolish person despises his mother.

  • Prov 25:8
    70%

    8Do not go out hastily to litigation, or what will you do afterward when your neighbor puts you to shame?

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

  • Exod 21:17
    70%

    17“Whoever treats his father or his mother disgracefully must surely be put to death.

  • Prov 1:19
    70%

    19Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!

  • Job 15:29
    70%

    29He will not grow rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.