Proverbs 10:7
The good are remembered as a blessing, but the reputation of the wicked will rot.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
In Context
6Those who are good are blessed, but what the wicked say hides their violent nature.
8Those who think wisely pay attention to instruction, but a stupid chatterbox ends up in disaster.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:34I will defend this city and save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.”
Job 18:17the memory of them fades from the earth; nobody remembers their names any more.
Psalms 9:5You have condemned the nations; you have destroyed the wicked; you have wiped out their names forever and ever.
Psalms 41:5Those who hate me only say evil things about me. “When is he going to die, and people forget all about him?” they ask.
Psalms 109:15May their sins be constantly before the Lord; may his name be totally forgotten by people.
Ecclesiastes 8:10Yes, I have seen wicked people buried with great honor. They used to go to the holy place, and were praised in the very city where they did their evil. This is hard to understand!
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 →