Proverbs 20:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁷ The righteous walk in integrity— happy are the children who follow them!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ The just man walketh in his integrity: His children are blessed after him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ The righteous man walks in his integrity; blessed (happy, fortunate, enviable) are his children after him.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ A righteous man that walketh in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him.

Common English Bible

⁷ The righteous live with integrity; happy are their children who come after them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ The just who walks in his simplicity shall leave behind him blessed sons.

Proverbs 20:7 Cross References

Psalm 112:2

Their descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.

Psalm 37:26

They are ever giving liberally and lending, and their children become a blessing.

Jeremiah 32:39

I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for all time, for their own good and the good of their children after them.

2 Corinthians 1:12

Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: we have behaved in the world with holiness and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God—and all the more toward you.

Acts 2:39

For the promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him.”

Proverbs 19:1

Better the poor walking in integrity than one perverse of speech who is a fool.

Proverbs 13:22

The good leave an inheritance to their children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous.

Proverbs 14:2

Those who walk uprightly fear the Lord, but one who is devious in conduct despises him.

Psalm 15:2

Those who walk blamelessly and do what is right and speak the truth from their heart;

Genesis 17:7

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.

Luke 1:6

Both of them were righteous before God, living blamelessly according to all the commandments and regulations of the Lord.

Psalm 26:1

Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.

Isaiah 33:15

Those who walk righteously and speak uprightly, who despise the gain of oppression, who wave away a bribe instead of accepting it, who stop their ears from hearing of bloodshed and shut their eyes from looking on evil,

Psalm 26:11

But as for me, I walk in my integrity; redeem me and be gracious to me.

Job 1:1

There was once a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.

Proverbs 14:26

In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence, and one’s children will have a refuge.