An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning
won’t be blessed in the end.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Proverbs 20:21 in context
Proverbs 20:18–24
18
Plans are established by advice;
by wise guidance you wage war!
19
He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets;
therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
20
Whoever curses his father or his mother,
his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
21
Selected verse
An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning
won’t be blessed in the end.
22
Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.”
Wait for the LORD, and he will save you.
23
The LORD detests differing weights,
and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
24
A man’s steps are from the LORD;
how then can man understand his way?
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