English Standard Version
Proverbs 20:7
7The righteous who walks in his integrity— blessed are his children after him!
Proverbs 20:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
- New International Version (NIV)The righteous lead blameless lives; blessed are their children after them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The godly walk with integrity; blessed are their children who follow them.
Context of Proverbs 20:7
5The purpose in a man's heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out. 6Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find? The righteous who walks in his integrity— blessed are his children after him! 8A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes. 9Who can say, "I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin"?
Read all of Proverbs 20Proverbs 20:7 word by word
מִתְהַלֵּ֣ךְ בְּתֻמּ֣וֹ צַדִּ֑יק אַשְׁרֵ֖י בָנָ֣יו אַחֲרָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 20:7
- Proverbs 14:2Whoever walks in uprightness fears the Lord, but he who is devious in his ways despises him.
- Proverbs 19:1Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.
- Psalms 15:2He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart;
- Psalms 26:1Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.
- Isaiah 33:15He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking on evil,
- Luke 1:6And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord.
- 2 Corinthians 1:12For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.
- 3 John 1:3For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth.
- Proverbs 13:22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.
- Genesis 17:7And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you.
- Psalms 37:26He is ever lending generously, and his children become a blessing.
- Psalms 112:2His offspring will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
- Jeremiah 32:39I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their own good and the good of their children after them.
- Acts 2:39For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself."
Commentaries on Proverbs 20:7
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7Verse 7 A good man is not liable to uneasiness in contriving what he shall do, or in reflecting on what he has done, as those who walk in deceit. And his family fare better for his sake.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. The conduct of good men proclaims their sound principles. God's covenant and their good example secure blessing to their children (Pr 4:26; Psa 112:1, 2).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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