Verse 7

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 112:6 : 6 Surely he will never be shaken; the righteous will be remembered forever.
  • Ps 109:13 : 13 May his descendants be cut off, and may their name be wiped out in the next generation.
  • Mark 14:9 : 9 Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.
  • Luke 1:48 : 48 because He has looked with favor on the humble condition of His servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed.
  • Ps 9:5-6 : 5 For you have upheld my cause, my right; you sit on your throne judging righteously. 6 You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have erased their name forever and ever.
  • Eccl 8:10 : 10 Then I saw the wicked buried, who used to go in and out of the holy place, but now they are forgotten in the city where they acted this way. This too is meaningless.
  • 1 Kgs 11:36 : 36 'But to his son, I will give one tribe, so that My servant David may always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen for Myself to put My name there.'
  • 2 Kgs 19:34 : 34 I will defend this city and save it for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.
  • 2 Chr 24:16 : 16 He was buried in the City of David with the kings because he had done great good in Israel, for God, and for His temple.
  • Job 18:17 : 17 His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the public square.
  • Job 27:23 : 23 It claps its hands at him and hisses at him as he is driven away from his place.
  • Jer 17:13 : 13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who forsake You will be put to shame. Those who turn away from You will be written in the earth, for they have abandoned the fountain of living water, the LORD.
  • Ps 109:15 : 15 May their sins always remain before the Lord, and may He cut off their memory from the earth.