Devine Scripture

Proverbs 20:21

Proverbs chapter 20 · verse 21 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

v.21This passage

v.22Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 13:22

    A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children; And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.

  • Zechariah 5:4

    I will cause it to go forth, saith Jehovah 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 abide in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

  • Proverbs 28:22

    He that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.

  • Proverbs 23:4

    Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.

  • 1 Timothy 6:9

    But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.

  • Habakkuk 2:6

    Shall 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 that ladeth himself with pledges!