Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 20:7
The just [man] walketh in his integrity: his children [are] blessed after him.
7. walketh ] Rather, that walketh, R.V.
, , LXX.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Pro 20:7
His children are blessed after him.
The just mans legacy
1. Anxiety about our family is natural, but we shall be wise if we turn it into care about our own character. If we walk before the Lord in integrity, we shall do more to bless our descendants than if we bequeathed them large estates. A fathers holy life is a rich legacy for his sons.
(1). The upright man leaves his heirs his example, and this in itself will be a mine of true wealth. How many men may trace their success in life to the example of their parents!
(2) He leaves them also his repute. Men think all the better of us as the sons of a man who could be trusted, the successors of a tradesman of excellent repute. Oh, that all young men were anxious to keep up the family name!
(3) Above all, he leaves his children his prayers and the blessing of a prayer-hearing God, and these make an offspring to be favoured among the sons of men. God will save them even after we are dead. Oh, that they might be saved at once!
2. Our integrity may be Gods means of saving our sons and daughters. If they see the truth of our religion proved by our lives, it may be that they will believe in Jesus for themselves. Lord, fulfil this word to my household! (C. H. Spurgeon.)
Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
The just man walketh in his integrity; he proveth himself to be so not only by his profession, of which he spoke in the former verse, but by his sincere and unblamable conversation. His children are blessed after him, by virtue of that covenant which God hath made with such men, which is not confined to their persons, but entaileth blessings upon their posterity.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
7. The conduct of good menproclaims their sound principles. God’s covenant and their goodexample secure blessing to their children (Pro 4:26;Psa 112:1; Psa 112:2).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
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
Ps 37:26. It is an observation of an Heathen poet c, that good things befall the children of the godly, but not the children of the ungodly.
c Theoerit. Idyll. 27. v. 32.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
7 He who in his innocence walketh as one upright,
Blessed are his children after him!
We may not take the first line as a separate clause with , as subject (Van Dyk, Elster) or predicate (Targ.); for, thus rendered, it does not appropriately fall in as parallel to the second line, because containing nothing of promise, and the second line would then strike in at least not so unconnectedly (cf. on the contrary, Pro 10:9; Pro 14:25). We have before us a substantival clause, of which the first line is the complex subject. But Jerome, the Venet., and Luther erroneously: the just man walking in his innocence; this placing first of the adj. is in opposition to the Hebr. syntax. We must, if the whole is to be interpreted as nom., regard as permutative: one walking in his innocence, a righteous one. But, without doubt, tsedek is the accus. of the manner; in the manner of one righteous, or in apposition: as one righteous; cf. Job 31:26 with Mic 2:7. Thus Hitzig rightly also refers to these two passages, and Ewald also refers to Pro 22:11; Pro 24:15. To walk in his innocence as a righteous man, is equivalent to always to do that which is right, without laying claim to any distinction or making any boast on that account; for thereby one only follows the impulse and the direction of his heart, which shows itself and can show itself not otherwise than in unreserved devotion to God and to that which is good. The children after him are not the children after his death (Gen 24:67); but, according to Deu 4:40, cf. Job 21:21, those who follow his example, and thus those who come after him; for already in the lifetime of such an one, the benediction begins to have its fulfilment in his children.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
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 liable to that walk in deceit. 2. That he does well for his family: His children are blessed after him, and fare the better for his sake. God has mercy in store for the seed of the faithful.
Fuente: Matthew Henry’s Whole Bible Commentary
A Parent’s Best Legacy
Verse 7 describes the best legacy a parent can leave to his children; a life of integrity. A consistent example of trust in the LORD that prompted faithfulness to God and concern for the spiritual welfare of family, accompanied by much instruction and prayer. Such a life has the promise that the children are blessed after the parent has passed on, Pro 19:1; Pro 28:6; Psa 37:25-26; Psa 112:1-2.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
(7) The just man.Comp. Pro. 10:2.
His children are blessed after him.Comp. 1Ki. 15:4, Jer. 33:20-21.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
7. The just man An upright man. The critics transpose: He that walks in his integrity, a righteous man, (or is a righteous man,) happy are his children after him. Comp. Pro 14:26; Gen 24:67; Job 21:21.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
v. 7. The just man walketh in his integrity,
Fuente: The Popular Commentary on the Bible by Kretzmann
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him. A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Pause, Reader, over this solemn inquiry. Who can say this? No man. But every man ought to say, cleanse thou me, 0 Lord, from secret faults. Psa 19:12 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Pro 20:7 The just [man] walketh in his integrity: his children [are] blessed after him.
Ver. 7. The just man walketh in his integrity. ] Walketh constantly; a not for a step or two only, when the good fit is upon him. See Trapp on “ Gen 17:1 “
His children are blessed after him.
a Continenter ambulat.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
children = sons.
blessed = happy. See note on Pro 3:13.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Pro 20:7
Pro 20:7
“A righteous man that walketh in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him.”
“He that walks blameless in justice, shall leave his children blessed. There is no inheritance which a man can leave his children that is any more desirable than a good name. In this also, this writer, and also his wife, have rejoiced for a lifetime in the true and noble character of godly Christian parents, honored by their contemporaries as true and worthy saints of God. That is the greatest inheritance that any one can receive.
Pro 20:7. Everybody is blessed when a man lives right, but especially himself and his family. Since influence and environment are such strong factors in life, those who are the closest to a righteous person are the ones who receive the greatest blessings from their influence. Integrity is honesty, uprightness. Other passages showing that ones offspring is blessed by his righteousness and because of his righteousness: Psa 37:25-26; Psa 112:2.
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
just: Pro 14:2, Pro 19:1, Psa 15:2, Psa 26:1, Psa 26:11, Isa 33:15, Luk 1:6, 2Co 1:12, Tit 2:11, Tit 2:12, 3Jo 1:3, 3Jo 1:4
his children: Pro 13:22, Gen 17:7, Psa 37:26, Psa 112:2, Jer 32:39, Act 2:39
Reciprocal: Gen 20:5 – in the integrity Deu 28:4 – General Jos 11:6 – horses 1Ki 9:4 – And if thou Ezr 9:12 – and leave it Psa 25:13 – his seed Psa 25:21 – General Isa 26:7 – way Act 11:14 – all Phi 4:8 – are just