Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
A good person leaves an inheritance to his grandchildren, but the wealth of the wicked is reserved for the righteous.
New American Standard Bible
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King 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.
Holman Bible
but the sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.
A Conservative Version
A good man leaves an inheritance to his son's sons, and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.
American Standard Version
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children; And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.
Amplified
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
And the wealth of the sinner is stored up for [the hands of] the righteous.
Bible in Basic English
The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.
Darby Translation
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children; but the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous man.
Julia Smith Translation
The good shall cause his sons' sons to inherit: and the wealth of him sinning was treasured up for the just.
King James 2000
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children: but the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He who is good will leave an inheritance to {his grandchildren}, and stored up for the righteous [is] the wealth of a sinner.
Modern King James verseion
A good man leaves an inheritance to his sons' sons, and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
which their children's children shall have in possession - for the riches of the sinner is laid up for the just.
NET Bible
A benevolent person leaves an inheritance for his grandchildren, but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.
New Heart English Bible
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.
The Emphasized Bible
A good man, leaveth an inheritance to children's children, but, laid up for the righteous, is the wealth of the sinner.
Webster
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
World English Bible
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.
Youngs Literal Translation
A good man causeth sons' sons to inherit, And laid up for the righteous is the sinner's wealth.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 13:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Wise Son Lives Righteously
21 Disaster pursues the sinful, but good will reward the righteous. 22 A good person leaves an inheritance to his grandchildren, but the wealth of the wicked is reserved for the righteous. 23 The field of the poor may produce much food, but it can be swept away through injustice.
Cross References
Job 27:16-17
"Though he hoards silver like dust, and stores away garments like clay,
Proverbs 28:8
Whoever gains wealth by charging exorbitant interest collects it for someone who is kind to the poor.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
After all, to the person who is good in God's sight, he gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner he gives the troublesome task of acquiring and accumulating in order to leave it to someone who is good in the sight of God. This also is pointless and chasing after the wind.
Genesis 17:7-8
I'm establishing my covenant between me and you, and with your descendants who come after you, generation after generation, as an eternal covenant, to be your God and your descendants' God after you.
Ezra 9:12
"The land you are entering to possess is a morally unclean land due to the moral uncleanness of the nations of the lands along with their abominations that has filled it from one end to the other with their impurities. So, therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons, nor marry their daughters to your sons, and under no circumstances are you to seek their well-being or their wealth, so that you may remain strong, enjoying the best things the land has to give, and so that you may establish an inheritance for your children forever.'
Psalm 25:12-13
Who is the man who fears the LORD? God will teach him the path he should choose.
Psalm 37:25
I once was young and now I am old, but I have not seen a righteous person forsaken or his descendants begging for bread.
Psalm 102:28
May the descendants of your servants live securely, and may their children be established in your presence." Davidic
Psalm 112:2
His descendants will be powerful in the land, a generation of the upright who will be blessed.
Psalm 128:6
And may you see your children's children! Peace be on Israel! A Song of Ascents