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Proverbs 20:21
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Proverbs 20:21
21An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
21An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning: but the ende thereof shall not be blessed.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 20:21
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
inheritance
A possession, portion, right, or promised heritage received by descent, allotment, covenant, or divine gift.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
Obtained, acquired, gained, or begotten, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
That which is first; the first state; commencement; entrance into being. The first cause; origin.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · KJV usage
The last or concluding part; a termination, limit, purpose, or result. As a verb, to cease or bring to a close.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
Favored by God; happy or spiritually prosperous; or praised, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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Open the full verse study9But 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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Open the full verse study22A 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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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 study6Shall 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!
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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 study4Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
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Open the full verse study20A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
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Open the full verse study22He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
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Open the full verse study2If 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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Open the full verse study4I 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.
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