Proverbs 10:7

New English Translation

The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the reputation of the wicked will rot.

Cross References

1 Kings 11:36

I will leave his son one tribe so my servant David’s dynasty may continue to serve me in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as my home.

2 Kings 19:34

I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant.’”

2 Chronicles 24:16

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

2 Chronicles 32:33

Hezekiah passed away and was buried on the ascent of the tombs of the descendants of David. All the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem buried him with great honor. His son Manasseh replaced him as king.

Job 18:17

His memory perishes from the earth, he has no name in the land.

Job 24:20

The womb forgets him, the worm feasts on him, no longer will he be remembered. Like a tree, wickedness will be broken down.

Job 27:23

It claps its hands at him in derision and hisses him away from his place.

Psalm 109:13

May his descendants be cut off! May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives!

Psalm 109:15

May the Lord be constantly aware of them, and cut off the memory of his children from the earth!

Psalm 112:6

For he will never be upended; others will always remember one who is just.

Psalm 34:16

But the Lord opposes evildoers and wipes out all memory of them from the earth.

Psalm 34:17

The godly cry out and the Lord hears; he saves them from all their troubles.

Psalm 41:5

My enemies ask this cruel question about me, ‘When will he finally die and be forgotten?’

Proverbs 22:1

A good name is to be chosen rather than great wealth, good favor more than silver or gold.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

Not only that, but I have seen the wicked approaching and entering the temple, and as they left the holy temple, they boasted in the city that they had done so. This also is an enigma.

Isaiah 14:22

“I will rise up against them,” says the Lord who commands armies. “I will blot out all remembrance of Babylon and destroy all her people, including the offspring she produces,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 17:13

You are the one in whom Israel may find hope. All who leave you will suffer shame. Those who turn away from you will be consigned to the nether world. For they have rejected you, the Lord, the fountain of life.

Mark 14:9

I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”

Luke 1:48

because he has looked upon the humble state of his servant. For from now on all generations will call me blessed,