Proverbs 20:21
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An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.
In other translations
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- 1 Timothy 6:9But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
- Proverbs 13:22A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
- Proverbs 28:8He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
- Proverbs 28:20A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
- Habakkuk 2:6Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’
- Proverbs 23:4Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
- Proverbs 28:22He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.
- Job 27:16-1716 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.16 Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay, 17 what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.
- Malachi 2:2If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.
- Zechariah 5:4I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”
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