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- Chapter 13
- Verse 22
Proverbs 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.
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Commentary
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children,.... He not only has a sufficiency for the present support of himself and family; but is so prospered and succeeded, as to leave an…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
An expression of trust, that in the long run the anomalies of the world are rendered even (compare the marginal references). The heaped up treasures of the wicked find their way at last into the hands…
Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Matthew Henry
See here, 1. How a good man's estate lasts: He leaves an inheritance to his children's children. It is part of his praise that he is thoughtful for posterity, that he does not lay all out upon…
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