“ The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. ”
The memory of the just [is] blessed: but the name of the wicked shall (d) perish. (d) Shall be vile and abhorred both by God and man, contrary to their own expectation, who think to make their name...
Proverbs 10:2 ( cf. Psalms 3:7 ). righteousness: the growth of the conception of righteousness is an important subject. As in the Pss., there is a specific class the righteous opposed to the...
The memory . What is remembered of him; not what he remembers; see Psalms 146:4 . Illustrations: Elisha ( 2 Kings 13:21 ); Jehoiada ( 2 Chronicles 24:15 ; 2 Chronicles 24:16 ); the woman ( Mark 14...
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. The memory of the just is blessed - Or, is a blessing. But the name of the wicked shall rot - This is another antithesis; b...
The memory of the just is blessed— Eusebius observes, that Plato has transferred this observation into his seventh book of laws; concerning which Lord Bacon makes the following remarks in the place...
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot - (cf. Proverbs 10:6 , note; Psalms 112:6 .)...
Here we reach the first collection of what were supposed to be Solomon's proverbs. Most of them consist of two lines parallel to each other. The parallelism is one of contrast, or agreement, or expla...
CHAPTER 11 WEALTH "Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death." Proverbs 10:2 "O'er weening statesmen have full long relied On fleets and armies and exter...
the Righteous and the Wicked Proverbs 10:1-16 Wealth has its advantages, which are more than apparent. The rich man's wealth is his strong city , Proverbs 10:15 ; but the treasures which have...
Here begin the proverbs proper. In this collection they are antithetical, They present a sharp contrast between wisdom and folly in the outworking of such in practical life. Seeing that this is indee...
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. Bles...
The memory of the just [is] blessed ,.... Men to whom he has been useful, either in temporals or spirituals, bless him, or wish all blessings to him while alive, whenever they make mention of his na...
The memory of the just [is] blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. Ver. 7. The memory of the just is blessed. ] "Demetrius had a good report of the truth." 3Jn 1:12 In the Hebrew tongue th...
7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. Both the just and the wicked, when their days are fulfilled, must die. Between their bodies in the grave...
Is blessed, i.e. honourable and acceptable to those who mention them. Compare Job 31:20 Psalms 62:5 . Shall rot; shall perish, and be cursed and detestable amongst men, shall stink above gro...
Subheading. Proverbs 10:1 ‘The Proverbs of Solomon.' Here we have the heading for this subsection. It is brief and to the point, for Solomon has already been more fully described in Proverbs...
MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 10:6-7 ; Proverbs 10:11 THE WAY TO PRESENT BLESSEDNESS AND FUTURE FAME We connect the first and last of these verses, because the latter clause in b...
Proverbs 10:7 I. Who are meant by the "just" to whom blessedness is here attributed? By the just alluded to here are meant those who, having felt the power of God in that call which God makes to m...
Proverbs 10:1 . The Proverbs of Solomon. The nine preseding Chapter s may be regarded as a vestibule to the temple. Wisdom has been personified, and folly thrown into the darker shades. We have ha...
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. The remembrance of good and forgetting of bad men I. How great a concern men naturally have to leave an honourable memor...
EXPOSITION Verse 1-22:16 Part III . FIRST GREAT COLLECTION (375) OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS . Verse 1-12:28 First section. The sections are noted by their commencing usually with t...
v. 7. The memory of the Just is blessed, he is spoken of with esteem, mentioned with praise after his death; but the name of the wicked shall rot, the figure pointing to the disgust and loathing...
1 Kings 11:36 ; 2 Chronicles 24:16 ; 2 Kings 19:34 ; Ecclesiastes 8:10 ; Jeremiah 17:13 ; Job 18:17 ; Job 27:23 ; Luke 1:48 ; Mark 14:9 ; Psalms 109:13 ; Psalms 109:15 ; Psalms 112:6 ; P...