Proverbs 20:21

An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won’t be blessed in the end.

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An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning won’t be blessed in the end.

BSB

An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.

KJV

An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

ASV

An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.

BBE

A heritage may be got quickly at first, but the end of it will not be a blessing.

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Matthew Henry · Verse 21

An estate suddenly raised, is often as suddenly ruined.

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.