Bible Verses About Reputation
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for reputation, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 113,256 votes, led by Proverbs 22:1. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Reputation
Proverbs 22:14,752 votes
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
Ecclesiastes 7:13,362 votes
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
Philippians 2:72,392 votes
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
1 Peter 2:122,217 votes
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.
1 Timothy 3:2-71,798 votes
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
Ecclesiastes 10:11,688 votes
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.
Matthew 5:161,641 votes
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Acts 16:21,559 votes
Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.
Philippians 4:51,488 votes
Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
1 Timothy 3:71,406 votes
Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
Proverbs 10:71,387 votes
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Revelation 3:11,372 votes
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.
1 Peter 2:11-121,307 votes
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
1 Corinthians 4:11,293 votes
Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
Philippians 1:271,286 votes
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;
Proverbs 20:111,283 votes
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
Acts 20:351,272 votes
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Galatians 5:22-231,246 votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
2 Corinthians 6:31,224 votes
Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
Acts 17:10-111,172 votes
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
Luke 1:371,140 votes
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
Proverbs 3:1-41,133 votes
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
1 Corinthians 15:331,096 votes
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Jeremiah 17:91,092 votes
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Ruth 2:1-131,090 votes
And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
What does the Bible say about reputation?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 22:1 on the subject of reputation. Across 113,256 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ecclesiastes 7:1, Philippians 2:7, 1 Peter 2:12. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.