American Standard Version
Proverbs 10:7
7The memory of the righteous is blessed;But the name of the wicked shall rot.
Proverbs 10:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
- New International Version (NIV)The name of the righteous is used in blessings, but the name of the wicked will rot.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The memory of the righteous is blessed, But the name of the wicked will rot.
Context of Proverbs 10:7
5He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; Buthe that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. 6Blessings are upon the head of the righteous; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. The memory of the righteous is blessed; But the name of the wicked shall rot. 8The wise in heart will receive commandments; But a prating fool shall fall. 9He that walketh uprightly walketh surely; But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
Read all of Proverbs 10Proverbs 10:7 word by word
זֵ֣כֶר צַ֭דִּיק לִבְרָכָ֑ה וְשֵׁ֖ם רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִרְקָֽב׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 10:7
- 1 Kings 11:36And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
- 2 Kings 19:34For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
- 2 Chronicles 24:16And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.
- Psalms 112:6For he shall never be moved; The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance.
- Mark 14:9And verily I say unto you, Wheresoever the gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, that also which this woman hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
- Luke 1:48For he hath looked upon the low estate of his handmaid: For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
- Job 18:17His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street.
- Job 27:23Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.
- Psalms 9:5Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
- Psalms 109:13Let his posterity be cut off; In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
- Ecclesiastes 8:10So 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.
- Jeremiah 17:13O Jehovah, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be put to shame. They that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters.
Commentaries on Proverbs 10:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7The memory of the just is blessed - Or, is a blessing. But the name of the wicked shall rot - This is another antithesis; but there are only two antithetic terms, for memory and name are synonymous - Lowth. The very name of the wicked is as offensive as putrid carrion.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7Verse 7 Both the just and the wicked must die; but between their souls there is a vast difference.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7the name of the wicked will rot: In ancient Israel, as in today's Middle East, honor and shame were strong motivators.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. blessed--literally, "for a blessing," or praise. shall rot--literally, "be worm-eaten," useless and disgusting.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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