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Proverbs 13:22

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13:22A benevolent75 person leaves an inheritance76 for his grandchildren,77

but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.78

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Footnotes

  1. 75 Heb “good.”
  2. 76 In ancient Israel the idea of leaving an inheritance was a sign of God’s blessing; blessings extended to the righteous and not the sinners.
  3. 77 Heb “the children of children.”
  4. 78 In the ultimate justice of God, the wealth of the wicked goes to the righteous after death (e.g., Ps 49:10, 17).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,

but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children,

but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A good man leaves an inheritance to his grandchildren,

but the sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.

NLTNew Living Translation

Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren,

but the sinner’s wealth passes to the godly.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He who is good will leave an inheritance to his grandchildren,

and stored up for the righteous is the wealth of a sinner.

KJV 1900King James Version

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children:

And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.