 | Apples - 1912 - 350 pages
...sincerely spoken. It strengthens one's faith in the precepts of the wisest man of the ages: "A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold." Auf Wiedersehen, good friend! The Spy Will Continue Highly Regarded By The Members Abraham, you will... | |
 | Joel Hawes - Books and reading - 1829 - 190 pages
...thee perrerse. LECTURE IV. FORMATION AND IMPORTANCE OF CHARACTER. PROVERBS, xxii. 1. A GOOD NAME IS RATHER TO BE CHOSEN THAN GREAT RICHES, AND LOVING FAVOR RATHER THAN SILVER AND GOLD. It is not one of the least excellencies of the religion of the Bible, that, whilst it inculcates love... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - Sermons, English - 1830 - 528 pages
...contemptible ; but in itself really very considerable. ' A good name,' saith Solomon himself, (no fool,) ' is rather to be chosen than great riches ; and loving favor rather than silver and gold.' In its consequences it is much more so ; the chief interests of a man, the success of his affairs,... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - Sermons, English - 1830 - 528 pages
...contemptible ; but in itself really very considerable. ' A good name,' saith Solomon himself, (no fool,) ' is rather to be chosen than great riches ; and loving favor rather than silver and gold.' In its consequences it is much more so ; the chief interests of a man, the success of his affairs,... | |
 | Joel Hawes - Character - 1831 - 186 pages
...thee perverse. LECTURE IV. FORMATION AND IMPORTANCE OF CHARACTER. PROVERBS, xxii. 1. A GOOD NAME IS RATHER TO BE CHOSEN THAN GREAT RICHES, AND LOVING FAVOR RATHER THAN SILVER AND GOLD. It is not one of the least excellencies of the religion of the Bible, that, whilst it inculcates love... | |
 | Rev. Samuel Wood - 1832 - 180 pages
...willing to employ you, and to enable you to get your living. Solomon has said, that ' A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver or gold,' (Prov. xxii, 1); and I am sure that, when you come to settlein the world, you will find this... | |
 | Christian biography - 1835 - 434 pages
...ing as to have no regard for the opinion and approbation of his fellow creatures? " A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches ; and loving favor rather than silver and gold." " The light of THE providence of God was presented in vision to Ezekiel, under the image of a vast... | |
 | Jesse Appleton - Congregational churches - 1836 - 516 pages
...itself, appeals would not have been so frequently made to it, in the sacred Scriptures : A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor, rather than silver and gold. Them, that honor me, I will honor; but they who despise me shall be lightly esteemed. If the love of... | |
 | Jesse Appleton - 1836 - 512 pages
...itself, appeals would not have been so frequently made to it, in the sacred Scriptures : A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor, rather than silver and gold. Them, that honor me, I will honor; but they who despise me shall be lightly esteemed. If the love of... | |
 | John Bovee Dods - Sermons, American - 1840 - 372 pages
...thee, and the glory of the Lord shall be thy rere-ward." * SERMON X. ON A GOOD NAME. " A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold." PROV. xxu. 1. A GOOD name involves all that can render man exalted and amiable, or life desirable.... | |
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A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold. 
