New King James Version
Proverbs 10:7
7The memory of the righteous is blessed, 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 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 wise son; He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame. 6Blessings are on the head of the righteous, But violence covers the mouth of the wicked. The memory of the righteous is blessed, But the name of the wicked will rot. 8The wise in heart will receive commands, But a prating fool will fall. 9He who walks with integrity walks securely, But he who perverts his ways will become known.
Read all of Proverbs 10Proverbs 10:7 word by word
זֵ֣כֶר צַ֭דִּיק לִבְרָכָ֑ה וְשֵׁ֖ם רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִרְקָֽב׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 10:7
- 1 Kings 11:36And to his son I will give one tribe, that My servant David may always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for Myself, to put My name there.
- 2 Kings 19:34‘For I will defend this city, to save it For My 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, both toward God and His house.
- Psalms 112:6Surely he will never be shaken; The righteous will be in everlasting remembrance.
- Mark 14:9Assuredly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial to her.”
- Luke 1:48For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant; For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed.
- Job 18:17The memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name among the renowned.
- Job 27:23Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.
- Psalms 9:5You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
- Psalms 109:13Let his posterity be cut off, And in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
- Ecclesiastes 8:10Then I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of holiness, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done. This also is vanity.
- Jeremiah 17:13O Lord, the hope of Israel, All who forsake You shall be ashamed. “Those who depart from Me Shall be written in the earth, Because they have forsaken the Lord, 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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