Proverbs 20:7

World English Bible (2000)

A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 112:2 : 2 His seed will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed.
  • Ps 37:26 : 26 All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His seed is blessed.
  • Prov 19:1 : 1 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
  • Prov 13:22 : 22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
  • Titus 2:11-12 : 11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, 12 instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world;
  • 3 John 1:3-4 : 3 For I rejoiced greatly, when brothers came and testified about your truth, even as you walk in truth. 4 I have no greater joy than this, to hear about my children walking in truth.
  • Prov 14:2 : 2 He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.
  • Isa 33:15 : 15 He who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; He who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil--
  • Jer 32:39 : 39 and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
  • Luke 1:6 : 6 They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
  • Acts 2:39 : 39 For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself."
  • Gen 17:7 : 7 I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after you.
  • Ps 15:2 : 2 He who walks blamelessly does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart;
  • Ps 26:1 : 1 Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering.
  • Ps 26:11 : 11 But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 13:21-22
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    21Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

    22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

  • Ps 112:2-5
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    2His seed will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed.

    3Wealth and riches are in his house. His righteousness endures forever.

    4Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous.

    5It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.

  • Prov 17:6
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    6Children's children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their parents.

  • Prov 20:6
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    6Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?

  • Prov 21:21
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    21He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor.

  • Prov 2:20-21
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    20that you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

    21For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

  • Prov 23:24
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    24The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.

  • Ps 128:4
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    4Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears Yahweh.

  • Prov 20:11
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    11Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.

  • Ps 15:2
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    2He who walks blamelessly does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart;

  • Prov 20:8
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    8A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.

  • Prov 8:32
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    32"Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.

  • Ps 37:22-23
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    22For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.

    23A man's goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.

  • Prov 10:9
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    9He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

  • Prov 11:3
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    3The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

  • Ps 128:1
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    1Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.

  • Job 20:10
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    10His children shall seek the favor of the poor. His hands shall give back his wealth.

  • Isa 26:7
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    7The way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of the righteous level.

  • Ezek 18:5
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    5But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,

  • Job 17:8-9
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    8Upright men shall be astonished at this. The innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.

    9Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.

  • Prov 10:6-7
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    6Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

    7The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.

  • Ps 89:30
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    30If his children forsake my law, and don't walk in my ordinances;

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 14:2
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    2He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.

  • Eccl 7:20
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    20Surely there is not a righteous man on earth, who does good and doesn't sin.

  • Prov 2:7
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    7He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity;

  • 1 John 3:7
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    7Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

  • Ps 26:11
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    11But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to me.

  • Prov 28:20
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    20A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

  • Prov 31:28
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    28Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her:

  • Prov 21:8
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    8The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

  • Prov 11:5
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    5The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

  • Ezek 18:9
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    9has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, says the Lord Yahweh.

  • Isa 57:2
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    2He enters into peace; they rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.

  • Ps 127:3
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    3Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.

  • Prov 22:6
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    6Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

  • Ps 37:26
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    26All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His seed is blessed.

  • Eccl 7:15
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    15All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.

  • Ezek 18:14
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    14Now, behold, if he fathers a son, who sees all his father's sins, which he has done, and fears, and does not such like;