Ecclesiastes 7:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

A good name is better than oil of great price, and the day of death than the day of birth.

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  • Prov 22:1 : 1 A good name is more to be desired than great wealth, and to be respected is better than silver and gold.
  • Eccl 4:2 : 2 So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.
  • Song 1:3 : 3 Sweet is the smell of your perfumes; your name is as perfume running out; so the young girls give you their love.
  • 2 Cor 5:8 : 8 We are without fear, desiring to be free from the body, and to be with the Lord.
  • Phil 1:21-23 : 21 For to me life is Christ and death is profit. 22 But if I go on living in the flesh--if this is the fruit of my work--then I do not see what decision to make. 23 I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:
  • Rev 14:13 : 13 And a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Put in writing, There is a blessing on the dead who from now on come to their end in the Lord: yes, says the Spirit, that they may have rest from their troubles; for their works go with them.
  • Prov 15:30 : 30 The light of the eyes is a joy to the heart, and good news makes the bones fat.
  • Heb 11:2 : 2 For by it our fathers had God's approval.
  • Heb 11:39 : 39 And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith,
  • Isa 56:5 : 5 I will give to them in my house, and inside my walls, a place and a name better than that of sons and daughters; I will give them an eternal name which will not be cut off.
  • Isa 57:1-2 : 1 The upright man goes to his death, and no one gives a thought to it; and god-fearing men are taken away, and no one is troubled by it; for the upright man is taken away because of evil-doing, and goes into peace. 2 They are at rest in their last resting-places, every one going straight before him.
  • Luke 10:20 : 20 Do not be glad, however, because you have power over spirits, but because your names are recorded in heaven.
  • John 13:2 : 2 So while a meal was going on, the Evil One having now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to be false to him,
  • 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 For we are conscious that if this our tent of flesh is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in heaven.
  • Eccl 10:1 : 1 Dead flies make the oil of the perfumer give out an evil smell; more valued is a little wisdom than the great glory of the foolish.
  • Prov 27:9 : 9 Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.
  • Job 3:17 : 17 There the passions of the evil are over, and those whose strength has come to an end have rest.
  • Ps 133:2 : 2 It is like oil of great price on the head, flowing down over the face, even Aaron's face: coming down to the edge of his robe;
  • Song 4:10 : 10 How fair is your love, my sister! How much better is your love than wine, and the smell of your oils than any perfume!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 7:2-5
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    2It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.

    3Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.

    4The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.

    5It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.

  • Prov 22:1
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    1A good name is more to be desired than great wealth, and to be respected is better than silver and gold.

  • Eccl 7:10-12
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    72%

    10Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.

    11Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.

    12Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.

  • Eccl 4:2-3
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    2So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.

    3Yes, happier than the dead or the living seemed he who has not ever been, who has not seen the evil which is done under the sun.

  • Eccl 7:14-18
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    14In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.

    15These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.

    16Be not given overmuch to righteousness and be not over-wise. Why let destruction come on you?

    17Be not evil overmuch, and be not foolish. Why come to your end before your time?

    18It is good to take this in your hand and not to keep your hand from that; he who has the fear of God will be free of the two.

  • Prov 10:7
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    7The memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust.

  • Eccl 6:3-4
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    70%

    3If a man has a hundred children, and his life is long so that the days of his years are great in number, but his soul takes no pleasure in good, and he is not honoured at his death; I say that a birth before its time is better than he.

    4In wind it came and to the dark it will go, and with the dark will its name be covered.

  • Eccl 7:8
    69%

    8The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.

  • Prov 27:9
    68%

    9Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.

  • Prov 16:16
    68%

    16How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.

  • Job 5:27
    68%

    27See, we have made search with care, and it is so; it has come to our ears; see that you take note of it for yourself.

  • Eccl 11:7-8
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    7Truly the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.

    8But even if a man's life is long and he has joy in all his years, let him keep in mind the dark days, because they will be great in number. Whatever may come is to no purpose.

  • Prov 15:16
    67%

    16Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.

  • Eccl 6:9
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    9What the eyes see is better than the wandering of desire. This is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

  • Eccl 10:1
    67%

    1Dead flies make the oil of the perfumer give out an evil smell; more valued is a little wisdom than the great glory of the foolish.

  • Prov 8:11
    67%

    11For wisdom is better than jewels, and all things which may be desired are nothing in comparison with her.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
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    11There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them?

    12Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?

  • Prov 25:7
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    7For it is better to have it said to you, Come up here; than for you to be put down in a lower place before the ruler.

  • Ps 34:12
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    12What man has a love of life, and a desire that his days may be increased so that he may see good?

  • Prov 3:14
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    14For trading in it is better than trading in silver, and its profit greater than bright gold.

  • Ps 116:15
    66%

    15Dear in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his saints.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.

  • Eccl 9:8
    66%

    8Let your clothing be white at all times, and let not your head be without oil.

  • Prov 3:16
    66%

    16Long life is in her right hand, and in her left are wealth and honour.

  • Prov 15:24
    66%

    24Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.

  • Prov 12:28
    66%

    28In the road of righteousness is life, but the way of the evil-doer goes to death.

  • Eccl 12:7-8
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    7And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.

    8All things are to no purpose, says the Preacher, all is to no purpose.

  • Prov 14:12
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    12There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

  • Eccl 9:4
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    4For him who is joined to all the living there is hope; a living dog is better than a dead lion.

  • Eccl 4:13
    65%

    13A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.

  • Job 7:1
    65%

    1Has not man his ordered time of trouble on the earth? and are not his days like the days of a servant working for payment?

  • Eccl 2:16
    65%

    16Of the wise man, as of the foolish man, there is no memory for ever, seeing that those who now are will have gone from memory in the days to come. See how death comes to the wise as to the foolish!

  • Eccl 6:6
    65%

    6And though he goes on living a thousand years twice over and does not see good, are not the two going to the same place?