Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
He who walks in his integrity [is] righteous; happy are his children who follow him.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
Holman Bible
his children
International Standard Version
The righteous person lives a life of integrity; happy are his children who follow him!
A Conservative Version
A righteous man who walks in his integrity, blessed are his sons after him.
American Standard Version
A righteous man that walketh in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him.
Amplified
The righteous man who walks in integrity and lives life in accord with his [godly] beliefs—
How blessed [happy and spiritually secure] are his children after him [who have his example to follow].
Bible in Basic English
An upright man goes on in his righteousness: happy are his children after him!
Darby Translation
The righteous walketh in his integrity: blessed are his children after him!
Julia Smith Translation
The just one going about in his integrity: his sons happy after him.
King James 2000
The just man walks in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
Modern King James verseion
The just walks in his integrity; his sons are blessed after him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Whoso leadeth a godly and an innocent life; happy shall his children be whom he leaveth behind him.
NET Bible
The righteous person behaves in integrity; blessed are his children after him.
New Heart English Bible
A righteous man walks in integrity; blessed are his children after him.
The Emphasized Bible
As for a righteous man, walking in his integrity, how happy are his children after him!
Webster
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
World English Bible
A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.
Youngs Literal Translation
The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him!
Themes
the Blessed » The children of the just
God's Promises » To the prayerful » To the righteous
Heredity » Beneficent influence of the righteous
Offspring » Beneficent influence of the righteous
The righteous » The righteous, promises to
The righteous » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Seed of
Righteousness » Promises concerning » Promises to the righteous
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 20:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Foolproof Instructions
6 Many a person will proclaim his loyalty [for] himself, but a man [who is] trustworthy, who can find? 7 He who walks in his integrity [is] righteous; happy are his children who follow him. 8 A king who sits on [the] throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes.
Cross References
Psalm 37:26
All the day he [is] gracious and lends, and his children [are] a blessing.
Psalm 112:2
His {descendants} will be mighty in the land; [the] generation of [the] upright will be blessed.
Proverbs 19:1
Better a poor person walking in integrity than one who is perverse {in his speech} and is a fool.
Genesis 17:7
And I will establish my covenant between me and you, and between your offspring after you, throughout their generations as an everlasting covenant to be as God for you and to your offspring after you.
Psalm 15:2
He who walks blamelessly and does what is right. He who speaks honestly in his heart.
Psalm 26:1
Judge me, O Yahweh, because I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted Yahweh and not wavered.
Psalm 26:11
But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me and be gracious to me.
Proverbs 13:22
He who is good will leave an inheritance to {his grandchildren}, and stored up for the righteous [is] the wealth of a sinner.
Proverbs 14:2
He who walks in uprightness fears Yahweh, but he who is devious [in] his ways displeases him.
Isaiah 33:15
He who walks [in] righteousness and speaks uprightness, who rejects [the] gain of extortion, who {refuses} bribe, who stops up his ears from hearing {bloodshed} and shuts his eyes from seeing evil.
Jeremiah 32:39
And I will give to them one heart and one way, to revere me {forever}, for good to them, and to their children after them.
Luke 1:6
And they were both righteous in the sight of God, living blamelessly in all the commandments and regulations of the Lord.
Acts 2:39
For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all those [who are] far away, as many as the Lord our God calls to himself."
2 Corinthians 1:12
For our reason for boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, in holiness and purity of motive from God, not in merely human wisdom, but by the grace of God.
Titus 2:11-12
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people,
3 John 1:3-4
For I rejoiced exceedingly [when the] brothers came and testified [to] your truth, just as you are walking in [the] truth.