I will give one tribe to his son, so that my servant David will always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city I chose for myself to put my name there.
Proverbs 10:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The remembrance of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The memory of the just is blessed: But the name of the wicked shall rot. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The memory of the [uncompromisingly] righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked shall rot. [Ps. 112:6; 9:5.] American Standard Version (1901) The memory of the righteous is blessed; But the name of the wicked shall rot. Common English Bible The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked rots. Catholic Public Domain Version The remembrance of the just is with praises. And the name of the impious shall decay. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The memory of the just is with praises: and the name of the wicked shall rot. |
I will give one tribe to his son, so that my servant David will always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city I chose for myself to put my name there.
I will defend this city and rescue it for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.’
He was buried in the city of David with the kings because he had done what was good in Israel with respect to God and his temple.
Hezekiah rested with his ancestors and was buried on the ascent to the tombs of David’s descendants. All Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem paid him honour at his death. His son Manasseh became king in his place.
The womb forgets them; worms feed on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is broken like a tree.
A good name is to be chosen over great wealth; favour is better than silver and gold.
In such circumstances, I saw the wicked buried. They came and went from the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they did those things. This too is futile.
‘I will rise up against them’ #– #this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies #– #‘and I will cut off from Babylon her reputation, remnant, offspring, and posterity’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration.
Lord, the hope of Israel, all who abandon you will be put to shame. All who turn away from me will be written in the dirt, for they have abandoned the Lord, the fountain of living water.
Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.’
because he has looked with favour on the humble condition of his servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed,