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Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The wisdom writer addresses Israel’s students, contrasting the enduring legacy of moral integrity with the rapid collapse of unrepentant rebellion.
The words — The Hebrew זֵכֶר (Ze.kher) denotes the lasting memory of a person’s life, while יִרְקָב (yir.Kav) describes the physical process of rotting and decay.
The thread — The promise of enduring righteous memory runs through Psalms 112:6, and the New Testament applies the legacy principle to remembered favor and deeds in Luke 1:48 and Mark 14:9.
Why it lands — The text states that a righteous life produces a lasting blessing while a wicked life produces only decay, demanding a reader to choose which legacy to build.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Cross-references
- Psalms 112:6 Surely he will never be shaken; the righteous man will be remembered forever.
- Luke 1:48 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 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.”
- Psalms 109:13 May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
- 2 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.
- Psalms 109:15 May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.
- Job 18:17 The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
- Psalms 9:5 You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
- 1 Kings 11:36 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 I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”