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Proverbs 22:1

A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches; loving favour rather than silver and gold.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2The rich and poor meet together; Jehovah is the maker of them all.

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Cross References

1 Kings 1:47And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, Thy God make the name of Solomon more excellent than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne! And the king bowed himself on the bed.

Luke 10:20Yet in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subjected to you, but rejoice that your names are written in the heavens.

Philippians 4:3yea, I ask thee also, true yokefellow, assist them, who have contended along with me in the glad tidings, with Clement also, and my other fellow-labourers, whose names [are] in [the] book of life.

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