Proverbs 20:21

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:22 : 22 A good man causeth sons' sons to inherit, And laid up for the righteous `is' the sinner's wealth.
  • Prov 23:4 : 4 Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.
  • Prov 28:22 : 22 Troubled for wealth `is' the man `with' an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.
  • Prov 28:8 : 8 Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.
  • Prov 28:20 : 20 A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.
  • Hab 2:6 : 6 Do not these -- all of them -- against him a simile taken up, And a moral of acute sayings for him, And say, Wo `to' him who is multiplying `what is' not his? Till when also is he multiplying to himself heavy pledges?
  • Zech 5:4 : 4 `I have brought it out -- an affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts -- and it hath come in unto the house of the thief, and unto the house of him who hath sworn in My name to a falsehood, and it hath remained in the midst of his house, and hath consumed it, both its wood and its stones.'
  • Mal 2:2 : 2 If ye hearken not, and if ye lay `it' not to heart, To give honour to My name, said Jehovah of Hosts, I have sent against you the curse, And I have cursed your blessings, Yea, I have also cursed it, Because ye are not laying `it' to heart.
  • 1 Tim 6:9 : 9 and those wishing to be rich, do fall into temptation and a snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men into ruin and destruction,
  • Job 27:16-17 : 16 If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing, 17 He prepareth -- and the righteous putteth `it' on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 28:20-22
    3 verses
    79%

    20A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.

    21To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.

    22Troubled for wealth `is' the man `with' an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.

  • Prov 20:20
    78%

    20Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.

  • Prov 13:21-23
    3 verses
    75%

    21Evil pursueth sinners, And good recompenseth the righteous.

    22A good man causeth sons' sons to inherit, And laid up for the righteous `is' the sinner's wealth.

    23Abundance of food -- the tillage of the poor, And substance is consumed without judgment.

  • Ps 37:22
    75%

    22For His blessed ones do possess the land, And His reviled ones are cut off.

  • Prov 21:5-7
    3 verses
    74%

    5The purposes of the diligent `are' only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.

    6The making of treasures by a lying tongue, `Is' a vanity driven away of those seeking death.

    7The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.

  • Prov 13:11
    74%

    11Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.

  • Prov 20:22
    74%

    22Do not say, `I recompense evil,' Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.

    14And that wealth hath been lost in an evil business, and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand!

  • Jer 17:11
    73%

    11A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, `Is' one making wealth, and not by right, In the midst of his days he doth forsake it, And in his latter end -- he is a fool.

  • Job 20:28-29
    2 verses
    73%

    28Remove doth the increase of his house, Poured forth in a day of His anger.

    29This `is' the portion of a wicked man from God. And an inheritance appointed him by God.

  • Prov 19:20
    72%

    20Hear counsel and receive instruction, So that thou art wise in thy latter end.

  • Job 20:18
    72%

    18He is giving back `what' he laboured for, And doth not consume `it'; As a bulwark `is' his exchange, and he exults not.

  • Prov 10:22
    72%

    22The blessing of Jehovah -- it maketh rich, And He addeth no grief with it.

  • Prov 19:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14House and wealth `are' the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah `is' an understanding wife.

    15Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.

  • Prov 11:29
    72%

    29Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant `is' the fool to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 17:21
    72%

    21Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.

  • Prov 21:20
    72%

    20A treasure to be desired, and oil, `Is' in the habitation of the wise, And a foolish man swalloweth it up.

  • Prov 29:21
    71%

    21Whoso is bringing up his servant delicately, from youth, `At' his latter end also he is continuator.

  • Eccl 7:11
    71%

    11Wisdom `is' good with an inheritance, And an advantage `it is' to those beholding the sun.

  • Prov 15:6
    71%

    6`In' the house of the righteous `is' abundant strength, And in the increase of the wicked -- trouble.

  • Prov 30:11
    71%

    11A generation `is', that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless.

  • Prov 23:18
    71%

    18For, is there a posterity? Then thy hope is not cut off.

  • Prov 22:16
    71%

    16He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.

  • Deut 21:16
    71%

    16then it hath been, in the day of his causing his sons to inherit that which he hath, he is not able to declare first-born the son of the loved one, in the face of the son of the hated one -- the first-born.

  • Deut 27:16
    71%

    16`Cursed `is' He who is making light of his father and his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

  • Luke 12:21
    70%

    21so `is' he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'

  • Job 5:3
    70%

    3I -- I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,

  • Job 21:19
    70%

    19God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him -- and he knoweth.

  • Prov 21:26
    70%

    26All the day desiring he hath desired, And the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.

  • Prov 5:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10Lest strangers be filled `with' thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger,

    11And thou hast howled in thy latter end, In the consumption of thy flesh and thy food,

  • Prov 22:6
    70%

    6Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

  • Prov 20:14
    70%

    14`Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.

  • Prov 17:13
    70%

    13Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house.

  • Prov 22:8
    70%

    8Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out.

  • Prov 15:20
    70%

    20A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother.

  • Prov 25:8
    70%

    8Go not forth to strive, haste, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush?

  • Prov 10:2
    70%

    2Treasures of wickedness profit not, And righteousness delivereth from death.

  • Exod 21:17
    70%

    17`And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

  • Prov 1:19
    70%

    19So `are' the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, The life of its owners it taketh.

  • Job 15:29
    70%

    29He is not rich, nor doth his wealth rise, Nor doth he stretch out on earth their continuance.