Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
In Context
6Blessings are upon the head of the righteous: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
8The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:34For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
Job 18:17His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
Psalms 9:5Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
Psalms 41:5Mine enemies speak evil against me, saying, When shall he die, and his name perish?
Psalms 109:15Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
Ecclesiastes 8:10And withal I saw the wicked buried, and they came to the grave; and they that had done right went away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city: 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 →