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1A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
Proverbs 22:1 —
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 1)Here are two things which are more valuable and which we should covet more than great riches:—1. To be well spoken of: A name (that is, a good name , a name for good things with God and good people) is rather to be chosen than great riches ; that is, we should be more careful to do that by which we may get and keep a good name than that by which we may raise and increase a great estate. Great rich...
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