Proverbs 10:7
After righteous people die, other people are blessed as they remember what those people did before they died; but we will soon forget wicked people [MTY] after they die.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
In Context
8Wise people heed good instruction/advice, but people who talk foolishly will ruin themselves.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:34I will defend this city and prevent it from being destroyed. I will do this for the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised to King David, who served me well.'”
Job 18:17No one on the earth will remember them any more; no one on any street will even remember their names [MTY].
Psalms 9:5You rebuked the people of other nations and you have gotten rid of the wicked people; you have erased their names forever.
Psalms 41:5My enemies say cruel things about me; they say, “How soon will he die, and then everyone will forget about him [MTY]? (OR, he will not have any descendants to continue his name).”
Psalms 109:15think about his sins continually, and cause that his name will be completely forgotten.
Ecclesiastes 8:10I also saw that sometimes after evil people die, they are highly honored at their funerals by the people in the cities where they had done evil deeds. It seemed to be difficult to understand why that happens.
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 →