Verse 22

¶ A good [man] leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner [is] laid up for the just.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 28:8 : 8 ¶ He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
  • Job 27:16-17 : 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment 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 [God] giveth to a man that [is] good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to [him that is] good before God. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
  • Gen 17:7-8 : 7 ¶ And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
  • Ezra 9:12 : 12 Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave [it] for an inheritance to your children for ever.
  • Ps 102:28 : 28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
  • Ps 112:2 : 2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
  • Ps 128:6 : 6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, [and] peace upon Israel.
  • Ps 25:12-13 : 12 What man [is] he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way [that] he shall choose. 13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
  • Ps 37:25 : 25 I have been young, and [now] am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.