Proverbs 13:22 - Exposition

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children. This would be especially notable where a system of temporal rewards and punishments was expected and generally experienced. The wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. Property unjustly acquired, or wickedly used, is taken from those who have it, and ultimately finds its way into better hands. They cannot keep it, and consequently cannot leave it to their children.

" De male quaesitis non gaudet tertius haeres ."

"Ill-gotten wealth no third descendant holds."

This has often been the fate of property obtained by the sacrilegious seizure of what was dedicated to God's service. For the general view of the clause, comp. Proverbs 28:8 ; Job 27:16 , Job 27:17 ; Ecclesiastes 2:26 ; and the case of Jacob ( Genesis 31:9 ), and the Israelites ( Exodus 12:35 , Exodus 12:36 ), when "the righteous spoiled the ungodly" (Wis. 10:20).