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.
The wealth
General references
Bible References
Leaveth
Genesis 17:7
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Psalm 25:12
What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
Psalm 102:28
The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
Psalm 112:2
His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
Psalm 128:6
Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel.
The wealth
Proverbs 28:8
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
Job 27:16
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
Ecclesiastes 2:26
For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
General references
Genesis 31:9
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
Deuteronomy 28:4
Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.