Proverbs 20:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him.”
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“The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.”
King James Version · Public Domain“A righteous man that walketh in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 20:7 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
- Psalms 15:2He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,
- Psalms 26:1Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
- Psalms 26:11But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.
- Psalms 37:26They are ever generous and quick to lend, and their children are a blessing.
- Psalms 112:2His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
- Proverbs 13:22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
- Proverbs 14:2He who walks in uprightness fears the LORD, but the one who is devious in his ways despises Him.
- Proverbs 14:26He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.
- Proverbs 19:1Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
- 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—
- 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.
- Luke 1:6Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
- 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.”
- 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 of God.
- Titus 2:11For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.
- 3 John 1:3For I was overjoyed when the brothers came and testified about your devotion to the truth, in which you continue to walk.
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