Proverbs 10:7 “The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked…”

Proverbs 10:7

The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

World English Bible

The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.

American Standard Version

The memory of the righteous is blessed; But the name of the wicked shall rot.

Geneva Bible 1599

The memoriall of the iust shalbe blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rotte.

Darby Translation

The memory of the righteous [man] shall be blessed; but the name of the wicked shall rot.

Young's Literal Translation

The remembrance of the righteous [is] for a blessing, And the name of the wicked doth rot.

Bible in Basic English

The memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust.

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Cross references

“memory”

Psalm 112:6 Luke 1:48 Mark 14:9 2 Chronicles 24:16 1 Kings 11:36 2 Kings 19:34

Psalm 112:6 · BSB

Surely he will never be shaken; the righteous man will be remembered forever.

Luke 1:48 · BSB

For He has looked with favor on the humble state of His servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed.

Mark 14:9 · BSB

And 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.”

2 Chronicles 24:16 · BSB

And 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.

1 Kings 11:36 · BSB

I 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 19:34 · BSB

I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

“the name”

Psalm 109:13 Psalm 109:15 Job 18:17 Ecclesiastes 8:10 Job 27:23 Psalm 9:5

Psalm 109:13 · BSB

May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.

Psalm 109:15 · BSB

May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.

Job 18:17 · BSB

The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.

Ecclesiastes 8:10 · BSB

Then 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.

Job 27:23 · BSB

It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.

Psalm 9:5 · BSB

You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

8A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.

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