Proverbs 10:7–8
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
*The memorie of the iust is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referencePsal. 112.6.
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
†‖The wise in heart will receiue commaundements: but a prating foole shall fall.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHebr. a foole of lips.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, shalbe beaten.
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From verse 7
- Psalms 112:6Rank 1 from verse 7
9Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
9Uerely I say vnto you, Wheresoeuer this Gospel shalbe preached thorowout the whole world, this also that she hath done, shall be spoken of for a memoriall of her.
- Psalms 109:13Rank 4 from verse 7
- 2 Chronicles 24:16Rank 5 from verse 7
- Psalms 109:15Rank 6 from verse 7
- Psalms 9:5–6Rank 8 from verse 7
5Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
6O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
5Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast put out their name for euer and euer.
6‖O thou enemie, destructions are come to a perpetuall end; and thou hast destroyed cities, their memoriall is perished with them.
- 1 Kings 11:36Rank 9 from verse 7
36And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
36And vnto his sonne will I giue one tribe, that Dauid my seruant may haue a †light alway before me in Ierusalem, the citie which I haue chosen me to put my Name there.
- 2 Kings 19:34Rank 10 from verse 7
- Ecclesiastes 8:10Rank 11 from verse 7
10And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.
10And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come, and gone from the place of the Holy, and they were forgotten in the city, where they had so done: this is also vanitie.
- Jeremiah 17:13Rank 13 from verse 7
13O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters.
13**O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall bee written in the earth, because they haue forsaken the LORD the fountaine of liuing waters.
From verse 8
- Matthew 7:24–25Rank 1 from verse 8
24¶ Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
24¶ Therefore, *whosoeuer heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I wil liken him vnto a wise man, which built his house vpon a rocke:
25And the raine descended, and the floods came, and the windes blew, and beat vpon that house: and it fell not, for it was founded vpon a rocke.
- James 3:13Rank 2 from verse 8
- Proverbs 12:1Rank 3 from verse 8
- Proverbs 9:9Rank 4 from verse 8
- Psalms 119:34Rank 5 from verse 8
- Ecclesiastes 10:12Rank 6 from verse 8
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- Proverbs 13:3Rank 8 from verse 8
- Proverbs 18:6–7Rank 9 from verse 8
- Proverbs 10:10Rank 10 from verse 8
- Proverbs 12:13Rank 11 from verse 8
- Proverbs 14:23Rank 12 from verse 8
- Proverbs 14:8Rank 13 from verse 8
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Proverbs 10:7
Sense 1: The faculty or act of retaining and recalling. Sense 2: The remembrance left of a person or event.
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Right, righteous, upright, equitable, lawful, or fair.
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1. Favoured by God, endowed with good, or declared happy. 2. Spoke good of, praised, thanked, or bestowed a blessing upon.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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To decay, putrefy, waste away, or lose soundness.
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Proverbs 10:8
Sense 1: Possessing or exercising understanding, knowledge, prudence, judgment, discernment, or skill; also a wise person. Sense 2: In phrases such as in no wise, way, manner, respect, or degree.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.
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To take, accept, admit, welcome, or obtain what is given or presented.
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commandments
Commands, orders, or prescribed requirements issued by one who commands.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Talking foolishly, idly, or maliciously at length.
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Sense 1: A person lacking wisdom or moral understanding. Sense 2: As a verb, to act foolishly or deceive.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: To descend, drop, or lose an upright position. Sense 2: To be slain, defeated, overthrown, ruined, or brought down. Sense 3: To come upon or attack. Sense 4: To pass into a specified place, condition, power, or course, or to depart from a former standing. Sense 5: To happen, turn out, or be allotted. Sense 6: As a noun, descent, overthrow, ruin, or loss of standing.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
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10:6Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
10:6†Blessings are vpon the head of the iust: but violence couereth the mouth of the wicked.
10:7The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
10:7*The memorie of the iust is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Selected passage10:8The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
10:8†‖The wise in heart will receiue commaundements: but a prating foole shall fall.
Selected passage10:9He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
10:9*He that walketh vprightly, walketh surely: but he that peruerteth his wayes, shalbe knowen.