Proverbs 20:7

In 11 translations

BSB

The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him.

KJV

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

WEB

A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.

ASV

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

LSV

The righteous is habitually walking in his integrity, || O the blessedness of his sons after him!

YLT

The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him!

DBY

The righteous walketh in his integrity: blessed are his children after him!

DRC

The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave behind him blessed children.

GNV

He that walketh in his integritie, is iust: and blessed shall his children be after him.

JPS

He that walketh in his integrity as a just man, happy are his children after him.

LXXE

He that walks blameless in justice, shall leave his children blessed.

Word by word Hebrew · tap a word

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

מִתְהַלֵּ֣ךְ בְּתֻמּ֣וֹ צַדִּ֑יק אַשְׁרֵ֖י בָנָ֣יו אַחֲרָֽיו׃

LXX-Br

Ὃς ἀναστρέφεται ἄμωμος ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ, μακαρίους τοὺς παῖδας αὐτοῦ καταλείψει.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 112:2His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
• Psalms 37:26They are ever generous and quick to lend, and their children are a blessing.
• Jeremiah 32:39I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
• 2 Corinthians 1:12And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace…
• Acts 2:39This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
• 3 John 1:3–4For I was overjoyed when the brothers came and testified about your devotion to the truth, in which you continue to walk. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
• Proverbs 13:22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
• Proverbs 19:1Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
• Psalms 15:2He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,
• Genesis 17:7I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
• Luke 1:6Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
• Proverbs 14:2He who walks in uprightness fears the LORD, but the one who is devious in his ways despises Him.
• Psalms 26:1Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
• Titus 2:11–12For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone. It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
• Isaiah 33:15He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—
• Psalms 26:11But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.

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