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Daily Devotion — Proverbs 10:7 — Memories When You’re Gone
Everyone dies. That’s a fact. Flesh decays and bones dry out. The only things that remain are the memories you leave.
“The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.” Proverbs 10:7 NKJV
The Jews had a tradition when speaking of the memory of a just man: “Let his memory be blessed,” they’d say. Nothing would be said of the unjust man. The memories of the wicked, like their rotting flesh, are useless and disgusting, “eaten with worms.”
No one wants to touch the memories of the wicked with a ten-foot pole. They are treated with contempt. Just by the mention of their name makes you wrinkle your nose like the smell of rotting road kill. Bad behavior and the commission of evil deeds leave a legacy of rottenness, and often, generations of destroyed lives.
Choices and Actions
Proverbs chapter 10 is a list of contrasts written down by the wise King Solomon to train readers in righteousness. Observe a few:
- Wise versus foolish
- Slack versus diligent
- Blessing versus violence
- Integrity versus perversion
- Rich versus poor
