Proverbs 20:7
The just who walks in his simplicity shall leave behind him blessed sons.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
In Context
6Many men are called merciful. But who will find a faithful man?
8The king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters all evil with his gaze.
Cross References
Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz named Job, and he was a simple and honest man, fearing God and withdrawing from evil.
Psalms 26:1A Psalm of David, before he was sealed. The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life, of whom shall I be afraid?
Proverbs 13:22The good leave behind heirs: children and grandchildren. And the substance of the sinner is preserved for the just.
Proverbs 14:26In the fear of the Lord is the faithfulness of strength, and there shall be hope for his sons.
Isaiah 33:15The one who walks in justice and speaks the truth, who casts out avarice with oppression and shakes all bribes from his hands, who blocks his ears so that he may not listen to blood, and closes his eyes so that he may not see 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 →