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Proverbs 10:7

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The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
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  1. Psalms 112:6Rank 1 from verse 7
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    6Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.

  2. Luke 1:48Rank 2 from verse 7
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    48For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

  3. Mark 14:9Rank 3 from verse 7
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    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.

  4. Psalms 109:13Rank 4 from verse 7
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    13Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

  5. 2 Chronicles 24:16Rank 5 from verse 7
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    16And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.

  6. Psalms 109:15Rank 6 from verse 7
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    15Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

  7. Job 18:17Rank 7 from verse 7
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    17His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

  8. Psalms 9:5–6Rank 8 from verse 7
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    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.

  9. 1 Kings 11:36Rank 9 from verse 7
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    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.

  10. 2 Kings 19:34Rank 10 from verse 7
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    34For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

  11. Ecclesiastes 8:10Rank 11 from verse 7
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    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.

  12. Job 27:23Rank 12 from verse 7
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    23Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

  13. Jeremiah 17:13Rank 13 from verse 7
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    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.

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Proverbs 10:7

COMBINED MEANING

memory

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Sense 1: The faculty or act of retaining and recalling. Sense 2: The remembrance left of a person or event.

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COMBINED MEANING

blessed

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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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COMBINED MEANING

but

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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

COMBINED MEANING

name

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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.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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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

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rot

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To decay, putrefy, waste away, or lose soundness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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10:6Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

10:7The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

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10:8The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

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