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Proverbs 10:7 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 10 · verse 7
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.Proverbs 10:7 · King James Version
Proverbs 10:7 in context
5He 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.
9He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
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Key words (Strong's)
- blessedBᵉrâkâhbenedictionH1293 →
- memoryzêkera memento, abstractly recollectionH2143 →
- wickedrâshâʻmorally wrongH7563 →
- justtsaddîyqjustH6662 →
- nameshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
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Both the just and the wicked, when their days are fulfilled, must die. Between their bodies in the grave thee is no visible difference; between the souls of the one and the other, in the world of spirits, thee is a vast difference, and so there is, or ought to be, between their memories, which survive them. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary