Bible verse

Proverbs 22:1

A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.

Proverbs 22:1 · BSB

Proverbs 22:1 in context

The verses around it, from 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.

4 The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.

5 Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.

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Proverbs 22:1 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

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

ERV

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

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