Proverbs 10:7

God's Word

The name of a righteous person remains blessed, but the names of wicked people will rot away.

Cross References

1 Kings 11:36

I will give his son one tribe so that my servant David will always have a lamp in my presence in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to place my name.

2 Kings 19:34

“I will shield this city to rescue it for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.”

2 Chronicles 24:16

He was buried in the City of David with the kings because of the good he had done in Israel for God and the temple.

2 Chronicles 32:33

Hezekiah lay down in death with his ancestors. He was buried in the upper tombs of David’s descendants. When Hezekiah died, all of Judah and the people in Jerusalem honored him. His son Manasseh succeeded him as king.

Job 18:17

All memory about him will vanish from the earth, and his reputation will not be known on the street corner.

Job 24:20

The womb forgets them. Worms feast on them. No one remembers them anymore, and wickedness is snapped like a twig.

Job 27:23

It claps its hands over him. It whistles at him from his own place.

Psalm 109:13

Let his descendants be cut off and their family name be wiped out by the next generation.

Psalm 109:15

Let their guilt and sin always remain on record in front of the Lord. Let the Lord remove every memory of him  from the earth,

Psalm 112:6

He will never fail. A righteous person will always be remembered.

Psalm 34:16

The Lord confronts those who do evil in order to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.

Psalm 34:17

⌞Righteous people⌟ cry out. The Lord hears and rescues them from all their troubles.

Psalm 41:5

My enemies say terrible things about me: “When will he die, and when will his family name disappear?”

Proverbs 22:1

A good name is more desirable than great wealth. Respect is better than silver or gold.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

Then I saw wicked people given an ⌞honorable⌟ burial. They used to go in and out of the holy place. They were praised in the city for doing such things. Even this is pointless.

Isaiah 14:22

“I’ll rise up against them,” declares the Lord of Armies. “I’ll cut off the name of the survivors from Babylon, its offspring and descendants,” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 17:13

O Lord, the Hope of Israel, all who abandon you will be put to shame. Those who turn away from you will be written in dust, because they abandon the Lord, the fountain of life-giving water.

Mark 14:9

I can guarantee this truth: Wherever the Good News is spoken in the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”

Luke 1:48

because he has looked favorably on me, his humble servant. “From now on, all people will call me blessed