Berean Standard Bible
Proverbs 10:7
7The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will 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 who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son. 6Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot. 8A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin. 9He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.
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זֵ֣כֶר צַ֭דִּיק לִבְרָכָ֑ה וְשֵׁ֖ם רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִרְקָֽב׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 10:7
- 1 Kings 11:36I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.
- 2 Kings 19:34I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
- 2 Chronicles 24:16And Jehoiada was buried with the kings in the City of David, because he had done what was good in Israel for God and His temple.
- Psalms 112:6Surely he will never be shaken; the righteous man will be remembered forever.
- Mark 14:9And truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached in all the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”
- Luke 1:48For He has looked with favor on the humble state of His servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed.
- Job 18:17The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
- Job 27:23It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.
- Psalms 9:5You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
- Psalms 109:13May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
- Ecclesiastes 8:10Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.
- Jeremiah 17:13O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.
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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