Proverbs 13:22

World English Bible (2000)

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 28:8 : 8 He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.
  • Job 27:16-17 : 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay; 17 he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
  • Eccl 2:26 : 26 For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
  • Gen 17:7-8 : 7 I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after you. 8 I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God."
  • Ezra 9:12 : 12 Now therefore don't give your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity forever; that you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.'
  • Ps 102:28 : 28 The children of your servants will continue. Their seed will be established before you." By David.
  • Ps 112:2 : 2 His seed will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed.
  • Ps 128:6 : 6 Yes, may you see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel. A Song of Ascents.
  • Ps 25:12-13 : 12 What man is he who fears Yahweh? He shall instruct him in the way that he shall choose. 13 His soul shall dwell at ease. His seed shall inherit the land.
  • Ps 37:25 : 25 I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    21Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

  • Prov 13:23
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    23An abundance of food is in poor people's fields, but injustice sweeps it away.

  • Prov 20:7
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    7A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.

  • Ps 112:2-3
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    2His seed will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed.

    3Wealth and riches are in his house. His righteousness endures forever.

  • Prov 20:21
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    21An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won't be blessed in the end.

  • Ps 37:21-22
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    21The wicked borrow, and don't pay back, but the righteous give generously.

    22For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.

  • Prov 15:6
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    6In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
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    13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

    14Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

  • Job 20:10
    74%

    10His children shall seek the favor of the poor. His hands shall give back his wealth.

  • Prov 11:31
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    31Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner!

  • Ps 37:16
    74%

    16Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.

  • Prov 13:6-7
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    6Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

    7There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

  • Job 27:13
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    13"This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.

  • Prov 10:16
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    16The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

  • Prov 10:2
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    2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Prov 17:6
    73%

    6Children's children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their parents.

  • Prov 11:18
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    18Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

  • Prov 22:6
    73%

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

  • Prov 11:4
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    4Riches don't profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Job 21:19
    73%

    19You say, 'God lays up his iniquity for his children.' Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.

  • Eccl 7:11
    73%

    11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.

  • Job 20:28-29
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    28The increase of his house shall depart. They shall rush away in the day of his wrath.

    29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God."

  • Ps 37:29
    72%

    29The righteous shall inherit the land, and live in it forever.

  • Prov 17:13
    72%

    13Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

  • Prov 28:20
    72%

    20A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

  • Luke 12:21
    72%

    21So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."

  • Prov 11:28
    72%

    28He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

  • Prov 13:11
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    11Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

  • Job 22:18
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    18Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Ezek 18:14
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    14Now, behold, if he fathers a son, who sees all his father's sins, which he has done, and fears, and does not such like;

  • Ps 37:26-27
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    26All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His seed is blessed.

    27Depart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

  • Ps 112:5
    71%

    5It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.

  • Ps 25:13
    71%

    13His soul shall dwell at ease. His seed shall inherit the land.

  • Prov 11:23-24
    2 verses
    71%

    23The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.

    24There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.

  • Prov 14:32
    71%

    32The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

  • Prov 28:8
    71%

    8He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

  • Prov 10:22
    71%

    22Yahweh's blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

  • Prov 21:26
    71%

    26There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don't withhold.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Prov 23:24
    71%

    24The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.

  • Isa 3:10
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    10Tell the righteous "Good!" For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

  • Prov 28:6
    71%

    6Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.