16 Verses About Fame from 11 Books

1 Chronicles 14:17

The fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him on all nations.

1 Chronicles 22:5

David said, "Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries. I will therefore make preparation for it." So David prepared abundantly before his death.

1 Corinthians 4:13

Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.

1 Kings 4:31

For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all the nations all around.

1 Kings 10:1

When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.

1 Kings 10:7

However I didn't believe the words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it. Behold, the half was not told me! Your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard.

2 Chronicles 9:1

When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great train, and camels that bore spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she talked with him of all that was in her heart.



2 Chronicles 9:6

However I didn't believe their words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it; and behold, the half of the greatness of your wisdom was not told me: you exceed the fame that I heard.

Additions to Esther 14:4

For Mordecai was great in the king's house and his fame went out throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai grew greater and greater.

Esther 9:4

For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai grew greater and greater.

Habakkuk 3:2

the LORD, I have heard of your fame. I stand in awe of your deeds, the LORD. Renew your work in the midst of the years. In the midst of the years make it known. In wrath, you remember mercy.

Isaiah 66:19

"I will set a sign among them, and I will send such as escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the islands afar off, who have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.

Joshua 6:27

So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was in all the land.

Joshua 9:9

They said to him, "Your servants have come from a very far country because of the name of the LORD your God; for we have heard of his fame, all that he did in Egypt,



Matthew 9:31

But they went out and spread abroad his fame in all that land.

Numbers 14:15

Now if you killed this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying,





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