Ecclesiastes 7:1

American Standard Version (1901)

A [good] name is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one's birth.

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  • Prov 22:1 : 1 A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches, [And] loving favor rather than silver and gold.
  • Eccl 4:2 : 2 Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;
  • Song 1:3 : 3 Thine oils have a goodly fragrance; Thy name is [as] oil poured forth; Therefore do the virgins love thee.
  • 2 Cor 5:8 : 8 we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
  • Phil 1:21-23 : 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 But if to live in the flesh,--[ if] this shall bring fruit from my work, then what I shall choose I know not. 23 But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better:
  • Rev 14:13 : 13 And I heard the voice from heaven saying, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.
  • Prov 15:30 : 30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart; [And] good tidings make the bones fat.
  • Heb 11:2 : 2 For therein the elders had witness borne to them.
  • Heb 11:39 : 39 And these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith, received not the promise,
  • Isa 56:5 : 5 Unto them will I give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
  • Isa 57:1-2 : 1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come] . 2 He entereth into peace; they rest in their beds, each one that walketh in his uprightness.
  • Luke 10:20 : 20 Nevertheless in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.
  • John 13:2 : 2 And during supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's [son], to betray him,
  • 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
  • Eccl 10:1 : 1 Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; [so] doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.
  • Prov 27:9 : 9 Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man's friend [that cometh] of hearty counsel.
  • Job 3:17 : 17 There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest.
  • Ps 133:2 : 2 It is like the precious oil upon the head, That ran down upon the beard, Even Aaron's beard; That came down upon the skirt of his garments;
  • Song 4:10 : 10 How fair is thy love, my sister, [my] bride! How much better is thy love than wine! And the fragrance of thine oils than all manner of spices!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 7:2-5
    4 verses
    82%

    2It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

    3Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.

    4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

    5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

  • Prov 22:1
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    1A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches, [And] loving favor rather than silver and gold.

  • Eccl 7:10-12
    3 verses
    72%

    10Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

    11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance; yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.

    12For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserveth the life of him that hath it.

  • Eccl 4:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;

    3yea, better than them both [did I esteem] him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

  • Eccl 7:14-18
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    14In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yea, God hath made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything [that shall be] after him.

    15All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth [his life] in his evil-doing.

    16Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

    17Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

    18It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from that withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth from them all.

  • Prov 10:7
    70%

    7The memory of the righteous is blessed; But the name of the wicked shall rot.

  • Eccl 6:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul be not filled with good, and moreover he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he:

    4for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;

  • Eccl 7:8
    69%

    8Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; [and] the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

  • Prov 27:9
    68%

    9Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man's friend [that cometh] of hearty counsel.

  • Prov 16:16
    68%

    16How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.

  • Job 5:27
    68%

    27Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

  • Eccl 11:7-8
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    67%

    7Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.

    8Yea, if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.

  • Prov 15:16
    67%

    16Better is little, with the fear of Jehovah, Than great treasure and trouble therewith.

  • Eccl 6:9
    67%

    9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 10:1
    67%

    1Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; [so] doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

  • Prov 8:11
    67%

    11For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
    2 verses
    67%

    11Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

    12For who knoweth what is good for man in [his] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

  • Prov 25:7
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    7For better is it that it be said unto thee, Come up hither, Than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince, Whom thine eyes have seen.

  • Ps 34:12
    67%

    12What man is he that desireth life, And loveth [many] days, that he may see good?

  • Prov 3:14
    66%

    14For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, And the profit thereof than fine gold.

  • Ps 116:15
    66%

    15Precious in the sight of Jehovah Is the death of his saints.

  • Prov 19:1
    66%

    1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

  • Eccl 9:8
    66%

    8Let thy garments be always white; and let not thy head lack oil.

  • Prov 3:16
    66%

    16Length of days is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches and honor.

  • Prov 15:24
    66%

    24To the wise the way of life [goeth] upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.

  • Prov 12:28
    66%

    28In the way of righteousness is life; And in the pathway thereof there is no death.

  • Eccl 12:7-8
    2 verses
    66%

    7and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.

    8Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.

  • Prov 14:12
    66%

    12There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death.

  • Eccl 9:4
    66%

    4For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

  • Eccl 4:13
    65%

    13Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.

  • Job 7:1
    65%

    1Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?

  • Eccl 2:16
    65%

    16For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!

  • Eccl 6:6
    65%

    6yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet enjoy no good, do not all go to one place?