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
I will establish my covenant as a long lasting covenant between us. It will be for your descendants after you, for the generations to come. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
Psalm 25:12
Who is this person who respects Jehovah? He is the one whom Jehovah will teach the way he should choose.
Psalm 102:28
The children of your servants will continue, and their descendants will be established before you.
Psalm 112:2
His descendants will grow strong on the earth. The family of the upright will be blessed.
Psalm 128:6
May you live to see your children's children. Let there be peace in Israel!
The wealth
Proverbs 28:8
He who becomes wealthy through unfair loans and interest collects them for the one who pitys the poor.
Job 27:16
Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay,
Ecclesiastes 2:26
To the man who is good, 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 who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
General references
Genesis 31:9
This way God has taken sheep and goats from your father and given them to me.
Deuteronomy 28:4
Jehovah will bless you with many children, with abundant crops, and with many cattle and sheep.