Proverbs 13:22
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22 The good leave an inheritance to their children’s children,
but the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the just.
Job 27:16
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16 Though he heap up silver like dust
and store away mounds of clothing,
Job 27:17
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17 What he has stored the righteous shall wear,
and the innocent shall divide the silver.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
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26 [a](A)For to the one who pleases God, he gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the one who displeases, God gives the task of gathering possessions for the one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chase after wind.
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