Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
In Context
6Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
8A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:34‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
Job 18:17The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
Psalms 9:5You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
Psalms 41:5My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”
Psalms 109:15May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.
Ecclesiastes 8:10Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.
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 →