Proverbs 22:1 - The Scriptures 2009

¹ A good name is preferable to great riches. Favour is better than silver and 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.

Proverbs 22:1 Cross References

1 Kings 1:47

“And further, the servants of the sovereign have gone to bless our master Sovereign Dawiḏ, saying, ‘Let your Elohim make the name of Shelomoh better than your name, and his throne greater than your throne.’ And the sovereign bowed himself on the bed.

Proverbs 10:7

The remembrance of the righteous is blessed, But the name of the wrong ones rot.

Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good name is better than precious oil, and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.

Luke 10:20

“But do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names have been written in the heavens.”

Acts 7:10

and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh, sovereign of Mitsrayim. And he appointed him governor over Mitsrayim and all his house.

Philippians 4:3

And I also ask you, true companion, help these women who laboured with me in the Good News, with Qlemes also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.

Hebrews 11:39

And having obtained witness through the belief, all these did not receive the promise,