Cross references

Proverbs 20:21

An inheritance gained quickly

will not be blessed in the end.

Proverbs 20:21 BSB

Proverbs 20:21 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 10 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Timothy 6:9 (9 votes) and Proverbs 13:22 (8 votes). 8 other verses point back to it. It links with 6 other books, from Numbers 32 to 1 Timothy 6.

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Which verses does Proverbs 20:21 point to?

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  1. 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.

  2. A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.

  3. He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.

  4. Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay, what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.

  5. Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

  6. A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

  7. A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.

  8. 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?’

  9. 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.

  10. 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.”

Which verses point to Proverbs 20:21?

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