Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Pro 20:21 — An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
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gotten   Pro 23:4; Pro 28:20,22; 1Ti 6:9
but   Pro 13:22; Pro 28:8; Job 27:16,17; Hab 2:6; Zec 5:4; Mal 2:2
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Pro 23:4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Pro 28:20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
Pro 28:22 He that hasteth to be rich [hath] an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
1Ti 6:9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
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Pro 13:22 A good [man] leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner [is] laid up for the just.
Pro 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;
Job 27:17 He may prepare [it], but the just shall put [it] on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
Hab 2:6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth [that which is] not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
Zec 5:4 I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
Mal 2:2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay [it] to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay [it] to heart.

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Scott, Thomas. "Proverbs 20:21," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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