Proverbs 10:7
The remembrance of the just is with praises. And the name of the impious shall decay.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
In Context
6The blessing of the Lord is on the head of the just. But iniquity covers the mouth of the impious.
8The wise of heart accept precepts. The foolish are cut down by the lips.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:34And I will protect this city, and I will save it for my own sake, and for the sake of my servant David.”
Job 18:17Let the memory of him perish from the earth, and let not his name be celebrated in the streets.
Psalms 9:5For you have accomplished my judgment and my cause. You have sat upon the throne that judges justice.
Psalms 41:5These things I have remembered; and my soul within me, I have poured out. For I will cross into the place of the wonderful tabernacle, all the way to the house of God, with a voice of exultation and confession, the sound of feasting.
Ecclesiastes 8:10I have seen the impious buried. These same, while they were still living, were in the holy place, and they were praised in the city as workers of justice. But this, too, is emptiness.
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 →