Proverbs 13:22
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22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
But (A)the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
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26 For God gives (A)wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting, that (B)he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
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Job 27:16-17
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16 Though he heaps up silver like dust,
And piles up clothing like clay—
17 He may pile it up, but (A)the just will wear it,
And the innocent will divide the silver.
Proverbs 28:8
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8 One who increases his possessions by usury and extortion
Gathers it for him who will pity the poor.
Psalm 37:25
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25 I have been young, and now am old;
Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken,
Nor his descendants begging bread.
Psalm 112:2
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2 (A)His descendants will be mighty on earth;
The generation of the upright will be blessed.
Genesis 17:7-8
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7 And I will (A)establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, (B)to be God to you and (C)your descendants after you. 8 Also (D)I give to you and your descendants after you the land (E)in[a] which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and (F)I will be their God.”
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- Genesis 17:8 Lit. of your sojournings
Psalm 25:12-13
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12 Who is the man that fears the Lord?
(A)Him shall [a]He teach in the way He chooses.
13 (B)He himself shall dwell in [b]prosperity,
And (C)his descendants shall inherit the earth.
Footnotes
- Psalm 25:12 Or he
- Psalm 25:13 Lit. goodness
Ezra 9:12
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12 Now therefore, (A)do not give your daughters as wives for their sons, nor take their daughters to your sons; and (B)never seek their peace or prosperity, that you may be strong and eat the good of the land, and (C)leave it as an inheritance to your children forever.’
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Psalm 128:6
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Psalm 102:28
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28 (A)The children of Your servants will continue,
And their descendants will be established before You.”
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