Proverbs 20:7 (BSB)

The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him.

From Proverbs 20. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 20:7

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 20:7: 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.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 20:7: 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 Psa 37:26.
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 20:7: The conduct of good men proclaims their sound principles. God's covenant and their good example secure blessing to their children (Pro 4:26; Psa 112:1-2).
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 20:7: Pro 20:7 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 צדּיק, 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...