Proverbs 20:7
Good News Translation
Children are fortunate if they have a father who is honest and does what is right.

New Revised Standard Version
The righteous walk in integrity— happy are the children who follow them!

Contemporary English Version
Good people live right, and God blesses the children who follow their example.

New American Bible
The just walk in integrity; happy are their children after them!

Douay-Rheims Bible
The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave behind him blessed children.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave behind him blessed children.

just

Proverbs 14:2 He that walketh in the right way, and feareth God, is despised by him that goeth by an infamous way.

Proverbs 19:1 Better is the poor man, that walketh in his simplicity, than a rich man that is perverse in his lips and unwise.

Psalm 15:2 He that walketh without blemish, and worketh justice:

Psalm 26:1,11 Unto the end, a psalm for David. Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked in my innocence: and I have put my trust in the Lord, and shall not be weakened. . . .

Isaiah 33:15 He that walketh in justices, and speaketh truth, that casteth away avarice by oppression, and shaketh his hands from all bribes, that stoppeth his ears lest he hear blood, and shutteth his eyes that he may see no evil.

Luke 1:6 And they were both just before God, walking in all the commandments and justifications of the Lord without blame.

2 Corinthians 1:12 For our glory is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity of heart and sincerity of God, and not in carnal wisdom, but in the grace of God, we have conversed in this world: and more abundantly towards you.

Titus 2:11,12 For the grace of God our Saviour hath appeared to all men: . . .

3 John 1:3,4 I was exceedingly glad when the brethren came and gave testimony to the truth in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. . . .

his children

Proverbs 13:22 The good man leaveth heirs, sons, and grandsons: and the substance of the sinner is kept for the just.

Genesis 17:7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and between thy seed after thee in their generations, by a perpetual covenant: to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee.

Psalm 37:26 He sheweth mercy, and lendeth all the day long; and his seed shall be in blessing.

Psalm 112:2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the righteous shall be blessed.

Jeremiah 32:39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me all days: and that it may be well with them, and with their children after them.

Acts 2:39 For the promise is to you and to your children and to all that are far off, whomsoever the Lord our God shall call.

Context
Wine is a Mocker
6Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man? 7The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave behind him blessed children.8The king, that sitteth on the throne of judgment, scattereth away all evil with his look.…
Cross References
Psalm 26:1
Unto the end, a psalm for David. Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked in my innocence: and I have put my trust in the Lord, and shall not be weakened.

Psalm 37:26
He sheweth mercy, and lendeth all the day long; and his seed shall be in blessing.

Psalm 112:2
His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the righteous shall be blessed.

Proverbs 19:1
Better is the poor man, that walketh in his simplicity, than a rich man that is perverse in his lips and unwise.

Proverbs 20:6
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