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Proverbs 10:7
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We have happy memories of the godly, but the name of a wicked person rots away.
The memory of the righteous is blessed; But the name of the wicked shall rot.
Good people will be remembered as a blessing, but evil people will soon be forgotten.
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the reputation of the wicked will rot.
The memory of the just [is] blessed: but the name of the wicked shall perish.
The memory of the righteous is blessed, But the name of the wicked will rot.
The memory of the righteous [person] is a [source of] blessing, But the name of the wicked will [be forgotten and] rot [like a corpse].
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
The mynde of a iust man schal be with preisingis; and the name of wickid men schal wexe rotun.
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
Good people are remembered long after they are gone, but the wicked are soon forgotten.
The memory of the righteous is blessed; But the name of the wicked shall rot.
The memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust.
The memory of the righteous will be for a blessing, but the reputation of the wicked will rot.
The memory of the righteous [man] shall be blessed; but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Good people leave memories that bless us, but the wicked are soon forgotten.
The memory of the righteous shall be for a blessing; but the name of the wicked shall rot.
The memorie of the iust is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Those who are right with God are remembered with honor, but the name of the sinful will waste away.
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
The memoriall of the iust shalbe blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rotte.
The memory of the just is a blessing; but the heir of the wicked shall be extinct.
Good people will be remembered as a blessing, but the wicked will soon be forgotten.
The memory of the righteous, yieldeth blessing, but, the name of the lawless, dieth out.
The memory of the just is with praises: and the name of the wicked shall rot.
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
The memoriall of the iust shall haue a good report: but the name of the vngodly shall stincke.
The memory of the just is praised; but the name of the ungodly man is extinguished.
The remembrance of the righteous is a blessing,but the name of the wicked will rot.
The memory of the righteous is blessed, But the name of the wicked will rot.
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
The memory of righteousness is like a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
The memory of the just is blessed, but the name of the wicked shall rot.
The remembrance of the righteous [is] for a blessing, And the name of the wicked doth rot.
The memoriall of the iust shall haue a good reporte, but the name of the vngodly shal stynke.
A good and honest life is a blessed memorial; a wicked life leaves a rotten stench.
The mentioning of the righteous is a blessing, But the name of the wicked will rot.
The memory of the righteous is blessed, But the name of the wicked will rot.
The remembrance of the righteous is blessed,But the name of the wicked will rot.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
memory: 1 Kings 11:36, 2 Kings 19:34, 2 Chronicles 24:16, Psalms 112:6, Mark 14:9, Luke 1:48
the name: Job 18:17, Job 27:23, Psalms 9:5, Psalms 9:6, Psalms 109:13, Psalms 109:15, Ecclesiastes 8:10, Jeremiah 17:13
Reciprocal: Genesis 7:1 - thee Genesis 11:4 - and let Exodus 17:14 - the remembrance Numbers 5:21 - rot Deuteronomy 7:24 - their name Deuteronomy 9:14 - blot 2 Samuel 18:17 - laid 2 Kings 9:34 - this cursed woman 2 Chronicles 21:20 - without being desired 2 Chronicles 24:7 - that wicked 2 Chronicles 28:27 - they brought 2 Chronicles 32:33 - did him Job 4:20 - without Job 13:12 - remembrances Job 24:20 - he shall be Psalms 34:16 - to cut Psalms 41:5 - his name Isaiah 14:22 - the name Isaiah 26:14 - and made Isaiah 65:15 - ye shall Jeremiah 11:19 - that his Nahum 1:14 - that Malachi 2:9 - made Acts 9:39 - and all
Cross-References
The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which skirts the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
2 Chronicles 9:1-28">[xr] Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with hard questions.
The kings of Tarshish and of the isles Will bring presents; The kings of Sheba and Seba Will offer gifts.
The burden against Arabia. In the forest in Arabia you will lodge, O you traveling companies of Dedanites.
The men of Dedan were your traders; many isles were the market of your hand. They brought you ivory tusks and ebony as payment.
The merchants of Sheba and Raamah were your merchants. They traded for your wares the choicest spices, all kinds of precious stones, and gold.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The memory of the just [is] blessed,.... Men to whom he has been useful, either in temporals or spirituals, bless him, or wish all blessings to him while alive, whenever they make mention of his name; and after death they speak well of him, and pronounce him blessed; for such are had in everlasting remembrance; the memory of them is sweet and precious; their name is famous and valuable, and always spoken of with honour and commendation; see Psalms 112:6. The Jewish writers take it for a command, and render it, "let the memory of the just be blessed"; and say, that he that transgresses it breaks an affirmative precept; they make an abbreviation of the word by the initial letters, and join them to the names of their celebrated men;
but the name of the wicked shall rot; shall be forgotten, be buried in oblivion, and never mentioned: and though they may call their houses, lands, and cities, by their own names, in order to transmit their memory to posterity; yet these, by one means or another, are destroyed, and their memorials perish with them; see Ecclesiastes 8:10; and if their names are mentioned after they are gone, it is with detestation and abhorrence, as things putrefied are abhorred; so they leave an ill savour behind them, when the good name of the righteous is as precious ointment, Ecclesiastes 7:1. It is a saying of Cicero a, that
"the life of the dead lies in the memory of the living.''
a Orat. 51. Philip. 9.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 10:7. The 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.
