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100 Bible Verses about Reputation

Proverbs 22:1 ESV / 4,754 helpful votes

A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold.

Ecclesiastes 7:1 ESV / 3,363 helpful votes

A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of birth.

Philippians 2:7 ESV / 2,392 helpful votes

But emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.

1 Peter 2:12 ESV / 2,219 helpful votes

Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

1 Timothy 3:2-7 ESV / 1,800 helpful votes

Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church? He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. ...

Ecclesiastes 10:1 ESV / 1,690 helpful votes

Dead flies make the perfumer's ointment give off a stench; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

Matthew 5:16 ESV / 1,642 helpful votes

In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Acts 16:2 ESV / 1,559 helpful votes

He was well spoken of by the brothers at Lystra and Iconium.

Philippians 4:5 ESV / 1,487 helpful votes

Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand;

1 Timothy 3:7 ESV / 1,406 helpful votes

Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil.

Proverbs 10:7 ESV / 1,388 helpful votes

The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

Revelation 3:1 ESV / 1,372 helpful votes

“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. “‘I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead.

1 Peter 2:11-12 ESV / 1,307 helpful votes

Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

1 Corinthians 4:1 ESV / 1,293 helpful votes

This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

Philippians 1:27 ESV / 1,287 helpful votes

Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,

Proverbs 20:11 ESV / 1,282 helpful votes

Even a child makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.

Acts 20:35 ESV / 1,272 helpful votes

In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 1,246 helpful votes

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

2 Corinthians 6:3 ESV / 1,224 helpful votes

We put no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry,

Acts 17:10-11 ESV / 1,172 helpful votes

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Luke 1:37 ESV / 1,140 helpful votes

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Proverbs 3:1-4 ESV / 1,133 helpful votes

My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you. Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man.

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 1,096 helpful votes

Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”

Jeremiah 17:9 ESV / 1,092 helpful votes

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

Ruth 2:1-13 ESV / 1,090 helpful votes

Now Naomi had a relative of her husband's, a worthy man of the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz. And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.” So she set out and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers, and she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the clan of Elimelech. And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem. And he said to the reapers, “The Lord be with you!” And they answered, “The Lord bless you.” Then Boaz said to his young man who was in charge of the reapers, “Whose young woman is this?” ...

Proverbs 26:18-19 ESV / 1,016 helpful votes

Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I am only joking!”

Matthew 7:17 ESV / 1,015 helpful votes

So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit.

2 Timothy 3:3-4 ESV / 996 helpful votes

Heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

1 Peter 1:14 ESV / 994 helpful votes

As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance,

Exodus 20:16 ESV / 984 helpful votes

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Ecclesiastes 7:1-8 ESV / 981 helpful votes

A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of birth. It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart. Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of face the heart is made glad. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools. ...

Isaiah 43:6-7 ESV / 974 helpful votes

I will say to the north, Give up, and to the south, Do not withhold; bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the end of the earth, everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”

James 3:10-12 ESV / 970 helpful votes

From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.

John 14:6 ESV / 969 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 3:16 ESV / 958 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

1 Timothy 4:12 ESV / 954 helpful votes

Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

Romans 12:17 ESV / 940 helpful votes

Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 936 helpful votes

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

Proverbs 22:1-29 ESV / 910 helpful votes

A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold. The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the Maker of them all. The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it. The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life. Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked; whoever guards his soul will keep far from them. ...

Acts 6:3 ESV / 909 helpful votes

Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty.

Titus 2:6-8 ESV / 905 helpful votes

Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled. Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.

Philippians 2:29 ESV / 901 helpful votes

So receive him in the Lord with all joy, and honor such men,

Acts 6:1-3 ESV / 895 helpful votes

Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution. And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty.

John 8:44 ESV / 890 helpful votes

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Proverbs 16:18 ESV / 876 helpful votes

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Psalm 27:1-14 ESV / 872 helpful votes

Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When evildoers assail me to eat up my flesh, my adversaries and foes, it is they who stumble and fall. Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident. One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple. For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will lift me high upon a rock. ...

Romans 2:23-24 ESV / 839 helpful votes

You who boast in the law dishonor God by breaking the law. For, as it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”

Revelation 3:1-2 ESV / 835 helpful votes

“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. “‘I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God.

1 Timothy 3:2 ESV / 827 helpful votes

Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

Acts 24:16 ESV / 809 helpful votes

So I always take pains to have a clear conscience toward both God and man.

Proverbs 12:26 ESV / 806 helpful votes

One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

Ephesians 5:1 ESV / 795 helpful votes

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.

Proverbs 13:20 ESV / 788 helpful votes

Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 780 helpful votes

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,

Matthew 28:19-20 ESV / 774 helpful votes

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Exodus 20:5 ESV / 768 helpful votes

You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,

Revelation 3:5 ESV / 767 helpful votes

The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.

Proverbs 4:23 ESV / 743 helpful votes

Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

Proverbs 3:3-4 ESV / 738 helpful votes

Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man.

Galatians 2:2 ESV / 731 helpful votes

I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those who seemed influential) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make sure I was not running or had not run in vain.

Acts 5:34 ESV / 731 helpful votes

But a Pharisee in the council named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law held in honor by all the people, stood up and gave orders to put the men outside for a little while.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 730 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Revelation 3:12 ESV / 723 helpful votes

The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.

John 1:1 ESV / 721 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Proverbs 26:28 ESV / 716 helpful votes

A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

1 Timothy 5:10 ESV / 706 helpful votes

And having a reputation for good works: if she has brought up children, has shown hospitality, has washed the feet of the saints, has cared for the afflicted, and has devoted herself to every good work.

John 8:12 ESV / 699 helpful votes

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 692 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Philippians 2:6 ESV / 692 helpful votes

Who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,

Romans 12:2 ESV / 686 helpful votes

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Proverbs 27:6 ESV / 678 helpful votes

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 674 helpful votes

“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Proverbs 11:9 ESV / 673 helpful votes

With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.

1 John 4:8 ESV / 668 helpful votes

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 663 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood ...

Proverbs 29:25 ESV / 663 helpful votes

The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.

Proverbs 27:17 ESV / 663 helpful votes

Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.

Romans 14:17-18 ESV / 661 helpful votes

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. Whoever thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men.

Ecclesiastes 7:1-29 ESV / 661 helpful votes

A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of birth. It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart. Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of face the heart is made glad. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools. ...

Matthew 26:59 ESV / 657 helpful votes

Now the chief priests and the whole council were seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death,

1 Corinthians 5:11 ESV / 651 helpful votes

But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one.

1 Peter 2:22 ESV / 648 helpful votes

He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.

Hebrews 11:2 ESV / 648 helpful votes

For by it the people of old received their commendation.

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 647 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 642 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 631 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 619 helpful votes

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Galatians 6:3 ESV / 614 helpful votes

For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

James 4:8 ESV / 612 helpful votes

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 602 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Ephesians 4:22 ESV / 598 helpful votes

To put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,

Romans 5:4 ESV / 598 helpful votes

And endurance produces character, and character produces hope,

Isaiah 40:31 ESV / 595 helpful votes

But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

1 Timothy 3:8 ESV / 576 helpful votes

Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain.

Proverbs 21:1-31 ESV / 573 helpful votes

The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will. Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart. To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin. The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty. ...

Proverbs 23:1-35 ESV / 571 helpful votes

When you sit down to eat with a ruler, observe carefully what is before you, and put a knife to your throat if you are given to appetite. Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food. Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist. When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven. ...

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 568 helpful votes

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

John 1:47 ESV / 559 helpful votes

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!”

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 533 helpful votes

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Colossians 4:1-18 ESV / 519 helpful votes

Masters, treat your bondservants justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison— that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak. Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. ...

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