English Standard Version
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The memory of the righteous is blessed, But the name of the wicked will rot.
- New Living Translation (NLT)We have happy memories of the godly, but the name of a wicked person rots away.
Context of Proverbs 10:7
5He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame. 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. 8The wise of heart will receive commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin. 9Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked 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 11:36Yet to his son I will give one tribe, that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen to put my name.
- 2 Kings 19:34For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David."
- 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 the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered forever.
- Mark 14:9And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her."
- Luke 1:48for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant. For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed;
- Job 18:17His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the street.
- Job 27:23It claps its hands at him and hisses at him from its place.
- Psalms 9:5You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish; you have blotted out their name forever and ever.
- Psalms 109:13May his posterity be cut off; may his name be blotted out in the second generation!
- Ecclesiastes 8:10Then I saw the wicked buried. They used to go in and out of the holy place and were praised in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity.
- Jeremiah 17:13O Lord, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you shall be put to shame; those who turn away from you shall be written in the earth, for they have forsaken 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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