Proverbs 22:1
A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.
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- Eccl 7:1 : 1 A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one's birth.
- 1 Kgs 1:47 : 47 Moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, 'May your God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne;' and the king bowed himself on the bed.
- Luke 10:20 : 20 Nevertheless, don't rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to 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. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
- Phil 4:3 : 3 Yes, I beg you also, true yokefellow, help these women, for they labored with me in the Good News, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.
- Heb 11:39 : 39 These all, having had testimony given to them through their faith, didn't receive the promise,
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