Proverbs 20:21

Modern

An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.

Traditional

An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

Literal

An inheritance gained unjustly at first, even its latter end will not be blessed.

Latin

…hæreditas ad quam festinatur in principio, in novissimo benedictione carebit.

Hebrew

English

An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.

If you receive an inheritance early in life, you might spend it all before you die, leaving nothing for later.

1 Timothy 6:9
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
Proverbs 13:22
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
Proverbs 28:8
He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
Proverbs 23:4
Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
Proverbs 28:20
A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
Habakkuk 2:6
Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’
Proverbs 28:22
A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.
Job 27:16–17
Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
Malachi 2:2
If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.
Zechariah 5:4
I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”