Proverbs 20:7
The tzaddik walketh in his tohm (integrity, guilelessness); 1 his banim after him are blessed. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
In Context
Cross References
Job 1:1There was an ish in Eretz Utz, shmo Iyov; and that ish was blameless and yashar, and yire Elohim, and shunned evil.
Psalms 26:1(Of Dovid) 1 for I have walked in mine tohm (guilelessness); 1 I have trusted also in Hashem without wavering. 1
Psalms 37:26He is ever chonen (generous, merciful), + 37:26 See verse 21 and lendeth; 1 and his zera is blessed. 1
Proverbs 13:22A tov (good man) leaveth an inheritance to his bnei banim, 1 and the wealth of the choteh (sinner) is laid up for the tzaddik. 1
Proverbs 14:26In the Yirat Hashem is strong confidence, 1 and his banim shall have a place of refuge. 1
Isaiah 33:15He that walketh in tzedakot, and speaketh meisharim (right things), 1 he that despiseth the gain of extortions, 1 that guards his palms from accepting shochad (bribe[s]), 1 that stoppeth his ozen from hearing of dahm, 1 and shutteth his eynayim from seeing rah; 1
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 →