Proverbs 20:21

Foolproof Instructions

²⁰ He who curses his father or his mother,
His lamp will go out in time of darkness.
²¹ An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginning
Will not be blessed in the end.
²² Do not say, “I will repay evil”;
Wait for the Lord, and He will save you.

In the Beginning

Job 27:16-17

“Though he piles up silver like dust
And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,

Proverbs 13:22

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
And the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.

Proverbs 23:4

Do not weary yourself to gain wealth,
Cease from your consideration of it.

Proverbs 28:8

He who increases his wealth by interest and usury
Gathers it for him who is gracious to the poor.

Proverbs 28:20

A faithful man will abound with blessings,
But he who makes haste to be rich will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 28:22

A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth
And does not know that want will come upon him.

Habakkuk 2:6

“Will not all of these take up a taunt-song against him,
Even mockery and insinuations against him
And say, ‘Woe to him who increases what is not his—
For how long—
And makes himself rich with loans?’

Zechariah 5:4

I will make it go forth,” declares the Lord of hosts, “and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name; and it will spend the night within that house and consume it with its timber and stones.”

Malachi 2:2

If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to give honor to My name,” says the Lord of hosts, “then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings; and indeed, I have cursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart.

1 Timothy 6:9

But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction.