Proverbs 20:7 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁷The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

Proverbs 20:7 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 112:2
His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
Psalms 37:26
He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
Jeremiah 32:39
And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
2 Corinthians 1:12
For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
3 John 1:3-4
For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 7)

It is here observed to the honour of a good man, 1. That he does well for himself. He has a certain rule, which with an even steady hand he governs himself by: He walks in his integrity; he keeps good conscience, and he has the comfort of it, for it is his rejoicing. He is not liable to those uneasinesses, either in contriving what he shall do or reflecting on what he has done, which those are lia…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 7)

7. The conduct of good men proclaims their sound principles. God’s covenant and their good example secure blessing to their children (Pr 4:26; Psa 112:1, 2).