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Prov 20:7

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Prov 20:7 · Douay-Rheims
“The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave behind him blessed children.”
Patristic before A.D. 750
735
A.D.
Bede Patristic
A.D. 673–735
“The just man who walks in his simplicity, etc. This cannot always stand according to the letter. For even the blessed Samuel, a just and simple man, left unlike sons behind him; and Ahaz, an unjust and reprobate king, left a blessed son Hezekiah after him. But the sons of the just are those who follow the examples of the just. Hence, all the elect are now called sons of Abraham because of faith, as the Apostle says: If you are of Christ, then you are the seed of Abraham. To whom blessedness is promised not of this age, but of the future. Therefore, it is rightly added:”
Source
Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.