Proverbs 22:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

A good name is more to be desired than great wealth, and to be respected is better than silver and gold.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 7:1 : 1 A good name is better than oil of great price, and the day of death than the day of birth.
  • 1 Kgs 1:47 : 47 And the king's servants came to our lord King David, blessing him and saying, May God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and the seat of his authority greater than your seat; and the king was bent low in worship on his bed.
  • Luke 10:20 : 20 Do not be glad, however, because you have power over spirits, but because your names are recorded in heaven.
  • Acts 7:10 : 10 And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house.
  • Phil 4:3 : 3 And I make request to you, true helper in my work, to see to the needs of those women who took part with me in the good news, with Clement and the rest of my brother-workers whose names are in the book of life.
  • Heb 11:39 : 39 And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith,

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    13 Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.

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    6 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.

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    4 So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men.

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    4 The reward of a gentle spirit and the fear of the Lord is wealth and honour and life.

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    8 Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.

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    16 The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.

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