Proverbs 22:1 A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.… Be wondrous wary of your first comportments; get a good name, and be very tender of it afterwards, for it is like the Venice-glass, quickly cracked, never to be mended, though patched it may be. To this purpose, take along with you this fable. It happened that Fire, Water, and Fame went to travel together; they consulted, that if they lost one another, how they might be retrieved, and meet again. Fire said, "Where you see smoke there you shall find me." Water said, "Where you see marsh and moorish, low ground there you shall find me." But Fame said, "Take heed how you lose me; for, if you do, you will run a great hazard never to meet me again: there's no retrieving of me." (Howell's "Familiar Letters, 1634.") Parallel Verses KJV: A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.WEB: A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold. |
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