KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 13:21–22
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Proverbs 13:21
21Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
21Euill pursueth sinners: but to the righteous, good shall be repayd.
Proverbs 13:22
22A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
22*A good man leaueth an inheritance to his childrens children: and the wealth of the sinner is layd vp for the iust.
- Iob. 27.17.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 13:21
Persons who sin; those guilty of transgression against God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Just, right, or conforming to God's law and judgment; equitable or upright; as a noun, a person characterized as righteous.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
That which is right, beneficial, pleasing, useful, or morally upright.
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Proverbs 13:22
That which is right, beneficial, pleasing, useful, or morally upright.
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A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
inheritance
A possession, portion, right, or promised heritage received by descent, allotment, covenant, or divine gift.
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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Riches, possessions, property, or material abundance.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A person who sins; one guilty of transgression against God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Placed, set down, imposed, or arranged.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
In a moral sense, upright; honest; having principles of rectitude; or conforming exactly to the laws, and to principles of rectitude in social conduct; equitable in the distribution of justice.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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From verse 21
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Open the full verse study10Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.
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Open the full verse study10Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
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Open the full verse study13Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
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Open the full verse study7To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
8But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
9Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
10But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
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Open the full verse study7If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
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Open the full verse study11Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
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Open the full verse study23But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out.
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Open the full verse study4And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
From verse 22
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Open the full verse study26For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Open the full verse study16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
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Open the full verse study8He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
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Open the full verse study25I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
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Open the full verse study2His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
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Open the full verse study7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
8And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
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Open the full verse study12What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
13His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
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Open the full verse study12Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
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Open the full verse study6Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.
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Open the full verse study28The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
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