1 Kings 21:25

21:25 (There had never been anyone like Ahab, who was firmly committed ¹  to doing evil in the sight of ²  the Lord, urged on by his wife Jezebel. ³ 

Proverbs 10:7

10:7 The memory ⁴  of the righteous is a blessing,

but the reputation ⁵  of the wicked will rot. ⁶ 

Isaiah 65:15

65:15 Your names will live on in the curse formulas of my chosen ones. ⁷ 

The sovereign Lord will kill you,

but he will give his servants another name.

Matthew 25:41

25:41 “Then he will say ⁸  to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

[21:25]  ¹ tn Heb “who sold himself.”

[21:25]  ² tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[21:25]  ³ tn Heb “like Ahab…whom his wife Jezebel incited.”

[10:7]  ⁴ sn “Memory” (זֵכֶר, zekher) and “name” are often paired as synonyms. “Memory” in this sense has to do with reputation, fame. One’s reputation will be good or bad by righteousness or wickedness respectively.

[10:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “name.” The term “name” often functions as a metonymy of association for reputation (BDB 1028 s.v. שֵׁם 2.b).

[10:7]  ⁶ tn The editors of BHS suggest a reading “will be cursed” to make a better parallelism, but the reading of the MT is more striking as a metaphor.

[65:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “you will leave your name for an oath to my chosen ones.”

[25:41]  ⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.