[Grammar] Preposition ‘before’ vs ‘above’

[northpath]

Is it possible in these sentences swap the prepositions
I put my wife and kids before anyone else.
I value personality above experience or qualifications.
Like
I put my wife and kids above anyone else.
I value personality before experience or qualifications.

 

[bhaisahab]

I put my wife and kids before anyone else.
I value personality above experience or qualifications.

I prefer these. I can't say that the others are wrong, but they don't seem as natural to me.
However, if you reverse "put" and "value" as well, they would work for me.

 

[jutfrank]

No, don't swap them. We usually use them as they are in the original examples so no need to swap.

• before for prioritising
• above for ranking