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


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Ecclesiastes 7 1 A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
Hebrews 1 4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
Proverbs 11 16 A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
Isaiah 56 5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
Ephesians 1 21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
1 Chronicles 29 12 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
Ecclesiastes 4 13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
Proverbs 3 14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
1 Peter 3 9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
Proverbs 27 24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
Romans 12 16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
Proverbs 8 18 Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.
Philippians 2 9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
Proverbs 8 11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
Proverbs 22 4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
Proverbs 14 24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
Isaiah 65 15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
Matthew 12 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Proverbs 19 10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Jeremiah 32 19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
Daniel 11 38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
Proverbs 18 12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
Proverbs 19 14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
Luke 6 45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Proverbs 10 20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
Malachi 1 6 A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
Psalms 62 10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
1 Kings 3 13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.
Psalms 49 16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
Psalms 66 2 Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.
2 Chronicles 1 12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.
Proverbs 29 14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
Proverbs 16 19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Psalms 37 16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
Acts 19 24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
Proverbs 26 1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
Proverbs 16 24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Proverbs 15 6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
1 Corinthians 1 26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
Hosea 8 4 They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
Matthew 22 14 For many are called, but few are chosen.
Psalms 112 5 A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
1 Corinthians 10 24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.
Proverbs 11 4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Ecclesiastes 7 11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
Proverbs 13 22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Ezekiel 28 5 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
Proverbs 19 4 Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
Proverbs 16 21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
Proverbs 4 14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.