Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.
World Messianic 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 violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
8The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:34‘For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for my servant David’s sake.’”
Job 18:17His memory will perish from the earth. He will have no name in the street.
Psalms 9:5You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
Psalms 41:5My enemies speak evil against me: “When will he die, and his name perish?”
Psalms 109:15Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off their memory from the earth;
Ecclesiastes 8:10So I saw the wicked buried. Indeed they came also from holiness. They went and were forgotten in the city where they did this. 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 →