Proverbs 20:7
A righteous man who walks in his integrity, blessed are his sons after him.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
In Context
6Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness, but a faithful man who can find?
8A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
Cross References
Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was perfect and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
Psalms 26:1Judge me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity. I have also trusted in LORD without wavering.
Psalms 37:26All the day long he deals graciously, and lends, and his seed is blessed.
Proverbs 13:22A good man leaves an inheritance to his son's sons, and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.
Proverbs 14:26In the fear of LORD is strong confidence, and his sons shall have a place of refuge.
Isaiah 33:15He who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly. He who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from taking a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking upon evil.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:7
6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? Note, 1. It is easy to find those that will pretend to be kind and liberal. Many a man will call himself a man of mercy, will boast what good he has done and what good he designs to do, or, at least, what an affection he has to well-doing. Most men will talk a great deal of their charity, generosity, hospitality, and piety, will sound a trumpet to themselves, as the Pharisees, and what little goodness they have will proclaim it… Read the whole commentary →