 | Edward Curtis - 1880 - 38 ページ
...recalls a passage from an inspired writer, which I think is most appropriate right here: "A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold." Mr. Watt showed how high a value he placed on money by giving away more than half he ever made. He... | |
 | Mark Hopkins - 1881 - 384 ページ
...few. In the Scriptures a desire for this is encouraged, and it is set above property. " A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold." With many, reputation is dearer than life, and as society is now constituted, the means of enjoying... | |
 | H. A. Mumaw - 1881 - 1 ページ
...take it, the voice of a heavenly monitor by our side cries in grave, earnest tones, "A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold" In order to understand the advice so tersely given let us first look at the terms employed, or the... | |
 | Mark Hopkins - 1881 - 384 ページ
...few. In the Scriptures a desire for this is encouraged, and it is set above property. " A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold." With many, reputation is dearer than life, and as society is now constituted, the means of enjoying... | |
 | Roland Mushat Frye - 1978 - 640 ページ
...treasures by a lying tongue Is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. (21:6) A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, And loving favor rather than silver and gold. (22:1) Fret not thyself because of evil men, Neither be thou envious at the wicked; For there shall... | |
 | Bruce Wilkinson, Walk Thru the Bible (Educational ministry) - 1991 - 464 ページ
...numbers you assigned, spend some extra moments meditating on these potent proverbs: • A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold (22:1). • By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life (22:4). • Be not... | |
 | Ashton Applewhite, Tripp Evans, Andrew Frothingham - 1992 - 499 ページ
...to the general run of the race, is more dreaded than wounds and death. — Mark Twain A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold. — Proverbs 22:/ Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what... | |
 | Martha Finley - 1996 - 312 ページ
...think of you ?" "Some difference, surely," said Evelyn, gently; "for the Bible says, ' A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.' Papa used to tell me that to deserve a good name, and to have it, was one of the greatest blessings... | |
 | Stephen Ward Angell, Anthony B. Pinn - 2000 - 357 ページ
...fortune to any one. It is worth more than the wealth of the Indies. "A good name," says Solomon, "is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold." Let us not think because our lot in the world is not as fortunate as that of others, therefore our... | |
 | Randall House Publications - 2000 - 112 ページ
...which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 1 Corinthians 6:19 ^A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver. Proverbs 22:1 ^Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. Ecclesiastes... | |
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A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold. 
