New King James Version
Proverbs 20:7
7The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The righteous who walks in his integrity— blessed are his children after him!
- New Living Translation (NLT)The godly walk with integrity; blessed are their children who follow them.
Context of Proverbs 20:7
5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, But a man of understanding will draw it out. 6Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, But who can find a faithful man? The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him. 8A king who sits on the throne of judgment Scatters all evil with his eyes. 9Who can say, “I have made my heart clean, I am pure 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 14:2He who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord, But he who is perverse in his ways despises Him.
- Proverbs 19:1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity Than one who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
- Psalms 15:2He who walks uprightly, And works righteousness, And speaks the truth in his heart;
- Psalms 26:1Vindicate me, O Lord, For I have walked in my integrity. I have also trusted in the Lord; I shall not slip.
- Isaiah 33:15He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, He who despises the gain of oppressions, Who gestures with his hands, refusing bribes, Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, And shuts his eyes from seeing evil:
- Luke 1:6And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
- 2 Corinthians 1:12For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you.
- 3 John 1:3For I rejoiced greatly when brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you, just as you walk in the truth.
- Proverbs 13:22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, But the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.
- Genesis 17:7And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you.
- Psalms 37:26He is ever merciful, and lends; And his descendants are blessed.
- Psalms 112:2His descendants will be mighty on earth; The generation of the upright will be blessed.
- Jeremiah 32:39then I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them.
- Acts 2:39For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”
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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