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Bible in Basic English
A good name is more to be desired than great wealth, and to be respected is better than silver and gold.
New American Standard Bible
Favor is better than silver and gold.
King James Version
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
Holman Bible
favor is better than silver and gold.
International Standard Version
A good reputation is more desirable than great wealth, and favorable acceptance more than silver and gold.
A Conservative Version
A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches, loving favor rather than silver and gold.
American Standard Version
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, And loving favor rather than silver and gold.
Amplified
And favor is better than silver and gold.
Darby Translation
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches; loving favour rather than silver and gold.
Julia Smith Translation
A Name to be chosen rather than much riches, and good grace rather than gold.
King James 2000
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A {reputation} [is] to be chosen {rather than} great riches; {favor is better than silver and gold}.
Modern King James verseion
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches; and loving favor rather than silver or gold.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A good name is more worth than great riches; and loving favour is better than silver and gold.
NET Bible
A good name is to be chosen rather than great wealth, good favor more than silver or gold.
New Heart English Bible
A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.
The Emphasized Bible
More choice, is a name, than great riches, beyond silver and gold, is pleasant grace.
Webster
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.
World English Bible
A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.
Youngs Literal Translation
A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold -- good grace.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 22:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
1 A good name is more to be desired than great wealth, and to be respected is better than silver and gold. 2 The man of wealth and the poor man come face to face: the Lord is the maker of them all.
Phrases
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 7:1
A good name is better than oil of great price, and the day of death than the day of birth.
1 Kings 1:47
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
Do not be glad, however, because you have power over spirits, but because your names are recorded in heaven.
Acts 7:10
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.
Philippians 4:3
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.
Hebrews 11:39
And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith,