Proverbs 20:7
in Proverbs 20The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him.
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ASV
A righteous man that walketh in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him.
KJV
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
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This verse in Proverbs 20
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThe just man who walks in his simplicity, etc. This cannot always stand according to the letter. For even the blessed Samuel, a just and simple man, left unlike sons behind him; and Ahaz, an unjust and reprobate king, left a blessed son Hezekiah after …
This site's exposition
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness
on Proverbs 20:6-9
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness sets up the chapter's hardest question, a faithful man who can find left as a search nearly no one answers. The just man walking in his integrity and blessing his children, and the king on the throne of judgment scattering evil with his eyes, both describe a righteousness the next verse will not let anyone claim for himself. Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin, is the chapter's deepest line, and the bench reads it beside 1 John 1:8, if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, no self-examination however honest producing a clean bill before God.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The just man walketh in his integrity,.... This is the faithful and upright man, who is made righteous by the obedience of Christ; and walks by faith in him, and according to the truth of the Gospel; his children are blessed after him; with temporal blessings; and, walking in the same integrity as he does, they are blessed with spiritual blessings here, and eternal blessedness hereafter; see Psa 37:26. It is an observation of an Heathen poet (c), that good things befall the children of the godly, but not the children of the ungodly. (c) Theoerit. Idyll. 27. v. 32.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מִתְהַלֵּ֣ךְ | mithalekh | [one who] goes about | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| בְּתֻמּ֣וֹ | betumo | in integrity his | H8537 → | 23 times |
| צַדִּ֑יק | tzadik | a righteous [person] | H6662 → | 206 times |
| אַשְׁרֵ֖י | ʾashrei | how blessed! | H835 → | 45 times |
| בָנָ֣יו | vanav | [are] sons his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אַחֲרָֽיו׃ | ʾacharav | after him | H310 → | 715 times |
מִתְהַלֵּ֣ךְ[one who] goes about
mithalekhH1980 →1546 times
בְּתֻמּ֣וֹin integrity his
betumoH8537 →23 times
צַדִּ֑יקa righteous [person]
tzadikH6662 →206 times
אַשְׁרֵ֖יhow blessed!
ʾashreiH835 →45 times
בָנָ֣יו[are] sons his
vanavH1121 →4930 times
אַחֲרָֽיו׃after him
ʾacharavH310 →715 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
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.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 11:19–20
And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,
- Ezekiel 11:19–20
Through
Psalms 112:2His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
it leads to
- Genesis 17:7
I 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.
- Psalms 37:26
They are ever generous and quick to lend, and their children are a blessing.
- Acts 2:39
This 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.”
- Psalms 25:13
His soul will dwell in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land.
- Genesis 17:7
Through
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.”
it leads to
- Isaiah 44:3
For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
- Romans 8:30
And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
- Genesis 17:7–8
I 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.
- Isaiah 44:3
Where this verse is studied
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About Proverbs
This page draws on Bede, Commentary on Proverbs; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.