Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the righteous, yieldeth blessing, but, the name of the lawless, dieth out.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
In Context
6Blessings, are for the head of the righteous man, but, the mouth of the lawless, covereth up wrong.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:34Thus will I throw a covering over this city, to save it,—for mine own sake, and for the sake of David my servant.
Job 18:17His memorial, have perished out of the land, and let him have no name over the face of the open field;
Psalms 9:5Thou hast rebuked the nations, Thou hast destroyed the lawless one, Their name, hast thou wiped out, to times age-abiding and beyond.
Psalms 41:5Mine enemies, speak ill of me, When will he die, and his name perish?
Psalms 109:15Let them be before Yahweh continually, and let the memory of them, be cut off out of the earth.
Ecclesiastes 8:10And, thereupon, I considered the lawless when buried, when they had entered, [their graves], that, from the place of the Holy One, they used to go and boast in the city that they had so done,—even this, was 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 →