Proverbs 10:7 · KJV
“The memory of the just {is} blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.”
— Proverbs 10:7
Blessings {are} upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. {a prating...: Heb. a fool of lips} {fall: Heb. be beaten}
Proverbs 10 — Context
He that gathereth in summer {is} a wise son: {but} he that sleepeth in harvest {is} a son that causeth shame.
6Blessings {are} upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
7The memory of the just {is} blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
8The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. {a prating...: Heb. a fool of lips} {fall: Heb. be beaten}
9He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
Cross References
Psalms 112:6
Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
Luke 1:48
For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
Mark 14:9
Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, {this} also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
Psalms 109:13
Let his posterity be cut off; {and} in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
2 Chronicles 24:16
And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.
Psalms 109:15
Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
Job 18:17
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
Psalms 9:5-6
Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.