Proverbs 10:7 (BSB)

The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

From Proverbs 10. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 10:7

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 10:7: Both the just and the wicked, when their days are fulfilled, must die. Between their bodies in the grave thee is no visible difference; between the souls of the one and the other, in the world of spirits, thee is a vast difference, and so there is, or ought to be, between their memories, which survive them. I.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 10:7: 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 name; and after death they speak well of him, and pronounce him blessed; for such are had in everlasting remembrance; the memory of them is sweet and precious; their name...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 10:7: blessed--literally, "for a blessing," or praise. shall rot--literally, "be worm-eaten," useless and disgusting.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 10:7: The memory of the just [is] blessed: but the name of the wicked shall perish. (d) Shall be vile and abhorred both by God and man, contrary to their own expectation, who think to make their name immortal.