Proverbs 20:7

Bible in Basic English 1965

An upright man goes on in his righteousness: happy are his children after him!

Cross References

Genesis 17:7

And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

Job 1:1

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. He was without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil.

Psalm 112:2

His seed will be strong on the earth; blessings will be on the generation of the upright.

Psalm 15:2

He who goes on his way uprightly, doing righteousness, and saying what is true in his heart;

Psalm 26:1

Of David. O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping.

Psalm 26:11

But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my saviour, and have mercy on me.

Psalm 37:26

All the day he is ready to have mercy and to give; his children are a blessing.

Proverbs 13:22

The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.

Proverbs 14:2

He who goes on his way in righteousness has before him the fear of the Lord; but he whose ways are twisted gives him no honour.

Proverbs 14:26

For him in whose heart is the fear of the Lord there is strong hope: and his children will have a safe place.

Proverbs 19:1

Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.

Isaiah 33:15

He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;

Jeremiah 32:39

And I will give them one heart and one way, so that they may go on in the worship of me for ever, for their good and the good of their children after them:

Luke 1:6

They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.

Acts 2:39

For the word of God is for you and for your children and for all those who are far off, even all those who may be marked out by the Lord our God.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.