Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 10:7
7The remembrance 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
5The son who gathers during summer is prudent; the son who sleeps during harvest is disgraceful. 6Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. The remembrance of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot. 8A wise heart accepts commands, but foolish lips will be destroyed. 9The one who lives with integrity lives securely, but whoever perverts his ways will be found out.
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זֵ֣כֶר צַ֭דִּיק לִבְרָכָ֑ה וְשֵׁ֖ם רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִרְקָֽב׃Read the interlinear
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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 I chose for myself to put my name there.
- 2 Kings 19:34I will defend this city and rescue it for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.”
- 2 Chronicles 24:16He was buried in the city of David with the kings because he had done what was good in Israel with respect to God and his temple.
- Psalms 112:6He will never be shaken. The righteous one will be remembered forever.
- Mark 14:9Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”
- Luke 1:48because he has looked with favor on the humble condition of his servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed,
- Job 18:17All memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name anywhere.
- Job 27:23It claps its hands at him and scoffs at him from its place.
- Psalms 9:5You have rebuked the nations: You have destroyed the wicked; you have erased their name forever and ever.
- Psalms 109:13Let the line of his descendants be cut off; let their name be blotted out in the next generation.
- Ecclesiastes 8:10In such circumstances, I saw the wicked buried. They came and went from the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they did those things. This too is futile.
- Jeremiah 17:13Lord, the hope of Israel, all who abandon you will be put to shame. All who turn away from me will be written in the dirt, 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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