Proverbs 20:7
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The righteous lead blameless lives; blessed are their children after them.
Read Proverbs 20:7 Using Other Translations
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
The righteous who walks in his integrity-- blessed are his children after him!
The godly walk with integrity; blessed are their children who follow them.
What does Proverbs 20:7 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Proverbs 20:7
FOOTNOTES:
F3 Theoerit. Idyll. 27. v. 32.
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 ( Psalms 37:26
) . It is an observation of an Heathen poet F3, that
good things befall the children of the godly, but not the
children of the ungodly.
F3 Theoerit. Idyll. 27. v. 32.
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