Proverbs 22:1
A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches, [And] loving favor rather than silver and gold.
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- Eccl 7:1 : 1 A [good] name is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one's birth.
- 1 Kgs 1:47 : 47 And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, Thy God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne: and the king bowed himself upon the bed.
- Luke 10:20 : 20 Nevertheless in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.
- Acts 7:10 : 10 and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
- Phil 4:3 : 3 Yea, I beseech thee also, true yokefellow, help these women, for they labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life. [
- Heb 11:39 : 39 And these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith, received not the promise,
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