Keeping a Good Name
8 passages
- Proverbs 22:1–2
1A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold. 2The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.
Read it in context - Ecclesiastes 7:1
A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.
Read it in context - Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
Read it in context - Philippians 2:22
But you know Timothy’s proven worth, that as a child with his father he has served with me to advance the gospel.
Read it in context - Colossians 2:8
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.
Read it in context - Isaiah 41:10
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
Read it in context - Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
Read it in context - John 14:27
Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.
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