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Proverbs 20:21
The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing.
Proverbs 20:21 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Proverbs 20:21 in other translations
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.
An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning won’t be blessed in the end.
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In context
18 Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments.
19 Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.
20 He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness.
21 The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing.
22 Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord, and he will deliver thee.
23 Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.
24 The steps of men are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?
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