Proverbs 10:7
The memory of a righteous man is blessed, but the name of the wicked shall rot.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
In Context
6Blessings are upon the head of a righteous man, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
8The wise in heart will receive commandments, but a prating fool shall fall.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:34For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
Job 18:17His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
Psalms 9:5Thou have rebuked the nations. Thou have destroyed the wicked. Thou have blotted out their name forever and ever.
Psalms 41:5My enemies speak evil against me, [saying], When will he die, and his name perish?
Psalms 109:15Let them be before LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth,
Ecclesiastes 8:10So I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were praised in the city where they had so done. This also is vanity.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:7
6 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. Here is, 1. The head of the just crowned with blessings, with the blessings both of God and man. Variety of blessings, abundance of blessings, shall descend from above, and visibly abide on the head of good men, real blessings; they shall not only be spoken well of, but done well to. Blessings shall be on their head as a coronet to adorn and dignify them and as a helmet to protect and secure them. 2. The mouth of the wicked… Read the whole commentary →