Proverbs 22:1
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
Proverbs 22:1 in other translations
| BSB | A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold--good grace. |
| DARBY | A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches; loving favour rather than silver and gold. |
| BBE | A good name is more to be desired than great wealth, and to be respected is better than silver and gold. |
| Webster | A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold. |
What does Proverbs 22:1 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Introduction
A good reputation. The rich and the poor. The idle. Good habits formed in infancy. Injustice and its effects. The providence of God. The lewd woman. The necessity of timely correction. Exhortation to wisdom. Rob not the poor. Be not the companion of the frowward. Avoid suretyship. Be honest. The industrious shall be favored. Verse 1 A good name - שם shem, a name, put for reputation, credit, fame. Used nearly in the same way that we use it: "He has got a name;" "his name stands high;" for "He is a man of credit and reputation." טבא toba, καλον, hamood, and bonum, are added by the Chaldee, Septuagint, Arabiac, and Vulgate, all signifying good or excellent. Is rather to be chosen than great riches - Because character will support a man in many circumstances; and there are many rich men that have no name: but the word of the man of character will go farther than all their riches.Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Proverbs 22:1 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 22:1
- Ecclesiastes 7:1
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
- Luke 10:20
Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
- 1 Kings 1:47
And moreover the king’s servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Proverbs 22:1
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
- Proverbs 22:2
The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.
Proverbs 22:1 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | DE más estima es la buena fama que las muchas riquezas; y la buena gracia más que la plata y el oro. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Une bonne renommée est préférable à de grandes richesses, et la bonne grâce à l’argent et à l’or. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ein guter Name ist vorzüglicher als großer Reichtum, Anmut besser als Silber und Gold. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Melius est nomen bonum quam divitiæ multæ; super argentum et aurum gratia bona. |