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Read Full Chapter (Proverbs 20) Proverbs 20:21 KJV
"An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed."
Proverbs Chapter 20, Verse 21
Proverbs 20:21 in Context (Verses 18–24 KJV)
18
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
19
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.*
20
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.*
21
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
22
Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
23
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.*
24
Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?