Proverbs 20:21 “An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.”

Proverbs 20:21

An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

World English Bible

An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning won’t be blessed in the end.

American Standard Version

An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.

Geneva Bible 1599

An heritage is hastely gotten at the beginning, but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

Darby Translation

An inheritance obtained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

A heritage may be got quickly at first, but the end of it will not be a blessing.

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Cross references

“gotten”

1 Timothy 6:9 Proverbs 23:4 Proverbs 28:20 Proverbs 28:22

1 Timothy 6:9 · BSB

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 23:4 · BSB

Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

Proverbs 28:20 · BSB

A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 28:22 · BSB

A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.

“but”

Proverbs 13:22 Proverbs 28:8 Habakkuk 2:6 Malachi 2:2 Zechariah 5:4 Job 27:16

Proverbs 13:22 · BSB

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.

Proverbs 28:8 · BSB

He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.

Habakkuk 2:6 · BSB

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?’

Malachi 2:2 · BSB

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 ar…

Zechariah 5:4 · BSB

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.…

Job 27:16 · BSB

Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.

22Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.

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