Proverbs 22:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹ A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, And loving favour rather than silver and gold.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, And loving favor rather than silver and gold.

Common English Bible

¹ A good reputation is better than much wealth; high esteem is better than silver and gold.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ A good name is better than many riches. And good esteem is above silver and gold.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ A good name is better than great riches: and good favour is above silver and gold.

Proverbs 22:1 Cross References

1 Kings 1:47

Moreover the king's servants came to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘Your God make the name of Solomon more famous than yours, and make his throne greater than your throne.’ And the king bowed himself upon the bed.

Proverbs 10:7

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

Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death, than the day of birth.

Luke 10:20

Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

Acts 7:10

and rescued him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him governor over Egypt and over all his household.

Philippians 4:3

And I ask you also, true yokefellow, help these women, for they have labored side by side with me in the gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.

Hebrews 11:39

And all these, though well attested by their faith, did not receive what was promised,