Proverbs 22:1
A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.
2 The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.
3 The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.
- KJV
- A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
- WEB
- A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.
- ASV
- A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches, [And] loving favor rather than silver and gold.
- DARBY
- A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches; loving favour rather than silver and gold.
- BLB
- A name to be chosen [is] greater than wealth; favor is better than silver and gold.
- ÅB
- Et godt navn er mere verdt enn stor rikdom; å være godt likt er bedre enn sølv og gull.
- OTB
- Et godt navn er mer å ønske enn stor rikdom; å bli aktet er bedre enn sølv eller gull.
- B1930
- Et godt navn er mere verdt enn stor rikdom; å være godt likt er bedre enn sølv og gull.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ecclesiastes 7:1
A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.
Read in contextLuke 10:20
Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
Read in context1 Kings 1:47
The king’s servants have also gone to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon more famous than your own name, and may He make his throne greater than your throne.’ And the king has bowed in worship on his bed,
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