A Mans Reputation

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.

Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true.

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: — read the full passage →

It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.

In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, — read the full passage →

Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, — read the full passage →

Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. — read the full passage →

Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? — read the full passage →

As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another: — read the full passage →

Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.

Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? — read the full passage →

The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.

Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; — read the full passage →

But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: — read the full passage →

That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men: — read the full passage →

By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth. — read the full passage →

Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.

He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. — read the full passage →

Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake. — read the full passage →

And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. — read the full passage →

Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: — read the full passage →

Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.

Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:

All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. — read the full passage →

Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

When Jesus came into the coasts of Cesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? — read the full passage →

Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it. — read the full passage →

It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? — read the full passage →

But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; — read the full passage →

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. — read the full passage →

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: — read the full passage →

That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation: — read the full passage →

But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.

Do all things without murmurings and disputings: — read the full passage →

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. — read the full passage →

But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,

For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. — read the full passage →

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.

Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.