Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the just is with praises: and the name of the wicked shall rot.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
In Context
8The wise of heart receiveth precepts: a fool is beaten with lips.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:34And I will protect this city, and will save it for my own sake, and for David, my servant's sake.
Job 18:17Let the memory of him perish from the earth, and let not his name be renowned in the streets.
Psalms 9:5For thou hast maintained my judgment and my cause: thou hast sat on the throne, who judgest justice. God is not before his eyes: his ways are filthy at all times. Thy judgments are removed form his sight: he shall rule over all his enemies.
Psalms 41:5These things I remembered, and poured out my soul in me: for I shall go over into the place of the wonderful tabernacle, even to the house of God: With the voice of joy and praise; the noise of one feasting.
Ecclesiastes 8:10I saw the wicked buried: who also when they were yet living were in the holy place, and were praised in the city as men of just works: but 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 →