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An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, Won`t be blessed in the end.
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The Peril of Quick Wealth
This proverb warns against a 'get rich quick' mentality. Commentators agree that wealth acquired hastily, especially through unjust or greedy means, will not have a blessed or lasting end. As Matthew Henry concisely puts it, 'An estate suddenly raised is often as suddenly ruined.'
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Or, An inheritance gotten hastily (greedily sought after by unjust means) at the beginning, the end thereof shall not be blessed.…
19th Century
Anglican
The end thereof shall not be blessed.— Compare to Proverbs 28:20: the evil means by which he acquired the possession will…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning Of a man's setting out in the world in trade and business; and which s…
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An estate suddenly raised is often as suddenly ruined.
