Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Leaveth
The wealth
General references
Bible References
Leaveth
Genesis 17:7
And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you.
Psalm 25:12
If a man has the fear of the Lord, the Lord will be his teacher in the way of his pleasure.
Psalm 112:2
His seed will be strong on the earth; blessings will be on the generation of the upright.
The wealth
Proverbs 28:8
He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor.
Job 27:16
Though he may get silver together like dust, and make ready great stores of clothing;
Ecclesiastes 2:26
To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.
General references
Genesis 31:9
So God has taken away your father's cattle and has given them to me.
Deuteronomy 28:4
A blessing will be on the fruit of your body, and on the fruit of your land, on the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herd, and the young of your flock.