Proverbs 13:22 · KJV
“A good {man} leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner {is} laid up for the just.”
— Proverbs 13:22
Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
Much food {is in} the tillage of the poor: but there is {that is} destroyed for want of judgment.
Proverbs 13 — Context
He that walketh with wise {men} shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. {destroyed: Heb. broken}
21Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
22A good {man} leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner {is} laid up for the just.
23Much food {is in} the tillage of the poor: but there is {that is} destroyed for want of judgment.
24He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 2:26
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. {in his...: Heb. before him}
Job 27:16-17
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
Proverbs 28:8
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. {unjust...: Heb. by increase}
Psalms 37:25
I have been young, and {now} am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
Psalms 112:2
His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
Genesis 17:7-8
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.
Psalms 25:12-13
What man {is} he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way {that} he shall choose.
Ezra 9:12
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.