Proverbs 22:1 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

A good name is more desirable than great wealth. Respect is better than silver or gold.(GOD'S WORD®)

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.

BBE:

A good name is more to be desired than great wealth, and to be respected is better than silver and gold.

DBY:

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches; loving favour 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.

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold -- good grace.

Proverbs 22:1 Cross References

XREF:

Proverbs 10:7 The memory of the righteous is blessed, But the name of the wicked will rot.

Ecclesiastes 7:1 A good name is better than a good ointment, And the day of one's death is better than the day of one's birth. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

22:1 A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches, [and] {a} loving favour rather than silver and gold.
(a) Which comes by well doing.

WES:

22:1 Favour - A good report among men, especially good men, and that hearty kindness which attends it.

MHC:

22:1 We should be more careful to do that by which we may get and keep a good name, than to raise or add unto a great estate. 2. Divine Providence has so ordered it, that some are rich, and others poor, but all are guilty before God; and at the throne of God's grace the poor are as welcome as the rich. 3. Faith foresees the evil coming upon sinners, and looks to Jesus Christ as the sure refuge from the storm. 4. Where the fear of God is, there will be humility. And much is to be enjoyed by it; spiritual riches, and eternal life at last. 5. The way of sin is vexatious and dangerous. But the way of duty is safe and easy. 6. Train children, not in the way they would go, that of their corrupt hearts, but in the way they should go; in which, if you love them, you would have them go. As soon as possible every child should be led to the knowledge of the Saviour. 7. This shows how important it is for every man to keep out of debt. As to the things of this life, there is a difference between the rich and the poor; but let the poor remember, it is the Lord that made the difference. 8. The power which many abuse, will soon fail them. 9. He that seeks to relieve the wants and miseries of others shall be blessed. 10. Profane scoffers and revilers disturb the peace. 11. God will be the Friend of a man in whose spirit there is no guile; this honour have all the saints. 12. God turns the counsels and designs of treacherous men to their own confusion. 13. The slothful man talks of a lion without, but considers not his real danger from the devil, that roaring lion within, and from his own slothfulness, which kills him. 14. The vile sin of licentiousness commonly besots the mind beyond recovery. 15. Sin is foolishness, it is in the heart, there is an inward inclination to sin: children bring it into the world with them; and it cleaves close to the soul. We all need to be corrected by our heavenly Father. 16. We are but stewards, and must distribute what God intrusts to our care, according to his will.

CONC:

Better Chosen Desirable Desired Esteemed Favor Favour Gold Grace Loving Rather Respected Riches Silver Wealth

Better Chosen Desirable Desired Esteemed Favor Favour Gold Good Grace Great Loving Rather Respected Riches Silver Wealth

New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.

GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All rights reserved.

Online Parallel Bible