Proverbs 10:7 {8}
Good News Translation
Good people will be remembered as a blessing, but the wicked will soon be forgotten.

New Revised Standard Version
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

Contemporary English Version
Good people are remembered long after they are gone, but the wicked are soon forgotten.

New American Bible
The memory of the just serves as blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The wise of heart receiveth precepts: a fool is beaten with lips.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The wise of heart receiveth precepts: a fool is beaten with lips.

memory

1 Kings 11:36 And to his son I will give one tribe, that there may remain a lamp for my servant, David, before me always in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen, that my name might be there.

2 Kings 19:34 And I will protect this city, and will save it for my own sake, and for David, my servant's sake.

2 Chronicles 24:16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good to Israel, and to his house.

Psalm 112:6 Because he shall not be moved for ever.

Mark 14:9 Amen, I say to you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, that also which she hath done shall be told for a memorial of her.

Luke 1:48 Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid: for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

the name

Job 18:17 Let the memory of him perish from the earth, and let not his name be renowned in the streets.

Job 27:23 He shall clasp his hands upon him, and shall hiss at him, beholding his place.

Psalm 9:5,6 Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles, and the wicked one hath perished; thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever. . . .

Psalm 109:13,15 May his posterity be cut off; in one generation may his name be blotted out. . . .

Ecclesiastes 8:10 I saw the wicked buried: who also when they were yet living were in the holy place, and were praised in the city as men of just works: but this also is vanity.

Jeremiah 17:13 O Lord, the hope of Israel: all that forsake thee shall be confounded: they that depart from thee, shall be written in the earth: because they have forsaken the Lord, the vein of living waters.

Context
Solomon's Proverbs: The Wise Son
6The memory of the just is with praises: and the name of the wicked shall rot. 7The wise of heart receiveth precepts: a fool is beaten with lips.8He that walketh sincerely, walketh confidently: but he that perverteth his ways, shall be manifest.…
Cross References
2 Chronicles 32:33
And Ezechias slept with his fathers, and they buried him above the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Juda, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem celebrated his funeral: and Manasses his son reigned in his stead.

Job 18:17
Let the memory of him perish from the earth, and let not his name be renowned in the streets.

Job 24:20
Let mercy forget him: may worms be his sweetness: let him be remembered no more, but be broken in pieces as an unfruitful tree.

Psalm 9:5
Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles, and the wicked one hath perished; thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

Psalm 9:6
The swords of the enemy have failed unto the end: and their cities thou hast destroyed. Their memory hath perished with a noise:

Psalm 34:16
But the countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil things: to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

Psalm 109:13
May his posterity be cut off; in one generation may his name be blotted out.

Psalm 112:6
Because he shall not be moved for ever.

Proverbs 22:1
A good name is better than great riches: and good favour is above silver and gold.

Ecclesiastes 8:10
I saw the wicked buried: who also when they were yet living were in the holy place, and were praised in the city as men of just works: but this also is vanity.

Isaiah 14:22
And I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts: and I will destroy the name of Babylon, and the remains, and the bud, and the offspring, saith the Lord.

Proverbs 10:6
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