Proverbs 10:7
5 He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
6 Blessings 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.
8 A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.
9 He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
- KJV
- The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
- WEB
- The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.
- ASV
- The memory of the righteous is blessed; But the name of the wicked shall rot.
- DARBY
- The memory of the righteous [man] shall be blessed; but the name of the wicked shall rot.
- BLB
- The memory of the righteous [is] for a blessing, and the name of the wicked will rot.
- ÅB
- Den rettferdiges minne lever i velsignelse, men de ugudeliges navn råtner bort.
- OTB
- Minnet om de rettferdige er en velsignelse, men de ondes navn vil råtne.
- B1930
- Den rettferdiges minne lever i velsignelse, men de ugudeliges navn råtner bort.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 112:6
Surely he will never be shaken; the righteous man will be remembered forever.
Read in contextLuke 1:48
For He has looked with favor on the humble state of His servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed.
Read in contextMark 14:9
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.”
Read in contextPsalms 109:13
May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
Read in context2 Chronicles 24:16
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.
Read in contextPsalms 109:15
May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.
Read in contextJob 18:17
The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
Read in contextPsalms 9:5–6
You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
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