Psalm 34:17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
17 The Lord’s face is against evildoers
to wipe out their memory from the earth.
Proverbs 2:22
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
22 But the wicked will be cut off from the land,
the faithless will be rooted out of it.
Proverbs 10:7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
7 The memory of the just serves as blessing,
but the name of the wicked will rot.[a]
Footnotes
- 10:7 The name of the righteous continues to be used after their death in blessings such as “May you be as blessed as Abraham,” but the wicked, being enemies of God, do not live on in anyone’s memory. Their names rot with their bodies.
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