Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the just is praised; but the name of the ungodly man is extinguished.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
In Context
Cross References
2 Kings 19:34And I will defend this city as with a shield, for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
Job 18:17Let his memorial perish out of the earth, and his name shall be publicly cast out.
Psalms 9:5You have rebuked the nations, and the ungodly one has perished; you have blotted out their name for ever, even for ever and ever. 1
Psalms 41:5Therefore are you very sad, O my soul? and therefore do you trouble me? hope in God; for I will give thanks to him; he is the salvation of my countenance. 1
Ecclesiastes 8:10And then I saw the ungodly carried into the tombs, and that out of the holy place: and they departed, and were praised in the city, because they had done thus: 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 →