 | M H S - 1879 - 392 pages
...us, O Christ. -*-* Graciously hear us, O Christ ; graciously hear us, O Lord Christ. A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold. PROV. xxii. I. So still the guileless man is blest, To him all crooked paths are straight : Him, on... | |
 | James Capes Story - Apprentices - 1879 - 176 pages
...as we advocate should sometimes involve the forfeiture of present advantages, it ever remains true that " A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold." (Prov. xxii. I.) CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. TWO APPRENTICES WANTED -... | |
 | Edward Curtis - Viticulture - 1880 - 48 pages
...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... | |
 | Harry Willard French - Russia - 1880 - 384 pages
...Bible-reading, the words he repeated were far from the page on which his eyes rested. " 'A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, And loving favor rather than silver and gold.' "What is the meaning of all this, I wonder? Some*-' mystery underlies it which I must solve before... | |
 | Philip Schaff - Catechisms, English - 1889 - 180 pages
...keep my name pure and blameless, and avoid even the appearance of evil. ''Prov. 22, 1. A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold. Ecoles. 7, 1. A good name is better than precious ointment. 1 Cor. 9, 15. It were better for me to... | |
 | Essays - 1881 - 122 pages
...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... | |
 | Roland Mushat Frye - Bibles - 1978 - 644 pages
...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... | |
 | Government publications - 1986 - 140 pages
...Chaplain, the Reverend Richard C. Halverson, DD, offered the following prayer: Let us pray. A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold. — Proverbs 22:1. Gracious God, our loving Father in Heaven, this morning, colleagues of Senator JOHN... | |
 | Bruce Wilkinson - Religion - 1991 - 468 pages
...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 - Humor - 1992 - 552 pages
...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... | |
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A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold. 
