Ecclesiastes 7:1

Geneva Bible (1560)

(7:3) A good name is better then a good oyntment, and the day of death, then the day that one is borne.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 22:1 : 1 A good name is to be chosen aboue great riches, and louing fauour is aboue siluer and aboue golde.
  • Eccl 4:2 : 2 Wherefore I praysed the dead which now are dead, aboue the liuing, which are yet aliue.
  • Song 1:3 : 3 Because of the sauour of thy good ointments thy name is as an ointment powred out: therefore the virgins loue thee.
  • 2 Cor 5:8 : 8 Neuerthelesse, we are bolde, and loue rather to remoue out of the body, and to dwell with the Lord.
  • Phil 1:21-23 : 21 For Christ is to me both in life, & in death aduantage. 22 And whether to liue in the flesh were profitable for me, and what to chuse I knowe not. 23 For I am distressed betweene both, desiring to be loosed and to be with Christ, which is best of all.
  • Rev 14:13 : 13 Then I heard a voyce from heauen, saying vnto me, Write, The dead which die in the Lord, are fully blessed. Euen so sayth the Spirit: for they rest from their labours, and their workes follow them.
  • Prov 15:30 : 30 The light of the eyes reioyceth the heart, and a good name maketh the bones fat.
  • Heb 11:2 : 2 For by it our elders were wel reported of.
  • Heb 11:39 : 39 And these all through faith obteined good report, and receiued not the promes,
  • Isa 56:5 : 5 Euen vnto them wil I giue in mine House and within my walles, a place and a name better then of the sonnes and of the daughters: I will giue them an euerlasting name, that shall not be put out.
  • Isa 57:1-2 : 1 The righteous perisheth, and no man considereth it in heart: and mercifull men are taken away, and no man vnderstandeth that the righteous is taken away from the euill to come. 2 Peace shall come: they shall rest in their beds, euery one that walketh before him.
  • Luke 10:20 : 20 Neuerthelesse, in this reioyce not, that the spirits are subdued vnto you: but rather reioyce, because your names are written in heauen.
  • John 13:2 : 2 And when supper was done (and that the deuill had now put in the heart of Iudas Iscariot, Simons sonne, to betray him)
  • 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 For we knowe that if our earthly house of this tabernacle be destroyed, we haue a building giuen of God, that is, an house not made with handes, but eternall in the heauens.
  • Eccl 10:1 : 1 Dead flies cause to stinke, & putrifie the ointment of the apoticarie: so doeth a litle follie him that is in estimation for wisedome, and for glorie.
  • Prov 27:9 : 9 As oyntment and perfume reioyce the heart, so doeth the sweetenes of a mans friend by hearty counsell.
  • Job 3:17 : 17 The wicked haue there ceased from their tyrannie, and there they that laboured valiantly, are at rest.
  • Ps 133:2 : 2 It is like to the precious oyntment vpon the head, that runneth downe vpon the beard, euen vnto Aarons beard, which went downe on the border of his garments:
  • Song 4:10 : 10 My sister, my spouse, how faire is thy loue? howe much better is thy loue then wine? and the sauour of thine oyntments then all spices?

Similar Verses (AI)

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    2(7:4) It is better to goe to the house of mourning, then to goe to the house of feasting, because this is the ende of all men: and the liuing shall lay it to his heart.

    3(7:5) Anger is better then laughter: for by a sad looke the heart is made better.

    4(7:6) The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning: but the heart of fooles is in the house of mirth.

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  • Prov 22:1
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    1A good name is to be chosen aboue great riches, and louing fauour is aboue siluer and aboue golde.

  • Eccl 7:10-12
    3 verses
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    10(7:12) Say not thou, Why is it that the former dayes were better then these? For thou doest not enquire wisely of this thing.

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  • Eccl 4:2-3
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    2Wherefore I praysed the dead which now are dead, aboue the liuing, which are yet aliue.

    3And I count him better then them both, which hath not yet bin: for he hath not seene the euill workes which are wrought vnder the sunne.

  • Eccl 7:14-18
    5 verses
    70%

    14(7:16) In the day of wealth be of good comfort, and in the day of affliction consider: God also hath made this contrary to that, to the intent that man shoulde finde nothing after him.

    15(7:17) I haue seene all things in the dayes of my vanitie: there is a iust man that perisheth in his iustice, and there is a wicked man that continueth long in his malice.

    16(7:18) Be not thou iust ouermuch, neither make thy selfe ouerwise: wherefore shouldest thou be desolate?

    17(7:19) Be not thou wicked ouermuch, neither be thou foolish: wherefore shouldest thou perish not in thy time?

    18(7:20) It is good that thou lay hold on this: but yet withdrawe not thine hand from that: for he that feareth God, shall come forth of them all.

  • Prov 10:7
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    7The memoriall of the iust shalbe blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rotte.

  • Eccl 6:3-4
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    3If a man beget an hundreth children and liue many yeeres, and the dayes of his yeeres be multiplied, & his soule be not satisfied with good things, and he be not buried, I say that an vntimely fruite is better then he.

    4For he commeth into vanitie and goeth into darkenesse: and his name shall be couered with darkenesse.

  • Eccl 7:8
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  • Prov 27:9
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    9As oyntment and perfume reioyce the heart, so doeth the sweetenes of a mans friend by hearty counsell.

  • Prov 16:16
    68%

    16Howe much better is it to get wisedome then golde? and to get vnderstanding, is more to be desired then siluer.

  • Job 5:27
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    27Lo, thus haue we inquired of it, and so it is: heare this and knowe it for thy selfe.

  • Eccl 11:7-8
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    7Surely the light is a pleasant thing: and it is a good thing to the eyes to see the sunne.

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  • Prov 15:16
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  • Eccl 6:9
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    9The sight of ye eye is better then to walke in ye lustes: this also is vanitie, & vexation of spirit.

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    11For wisdome is better then precious stones: and all pleasures are not to be compared vnto her.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
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    67%

    11(7:1) Svrely there be many things that increase vanitie: and what auaileth it man?

    12(7:2) For who knoweth what is good for man in the life and in the nomber of the dayes of the life of his vanitie, seeing he maketh them as a shadowe? For who can shewe vnto man what shall be after him vnder the sunne?

  • Prov 25:7
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    7For it is better, that it be saide vnto thee, Come vp hither, then thou to be put lower in the presece of the prince whom thine eyes haue seene.

  • Ps 34:12
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    12What man is he, that desireth life, and loueth long dayes for to see good?

  • Prov 3:14
    66%

    14For the marchandise thereof is better then the marchandise of siluer, and the gaine thereof is better then golde.

  • Ps 116:15
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    15Precious in the sight of the Lorde is the death of his Saintes.

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    8At all times let thy garments be white, and let not oyle be lacking vpon thine head.

  • Prov 3:16
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    16Length of dayes is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory.

  • Prov 15:24
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    24The way of life is on high to the prudent, to auoyde from hell beneath.

  • Prov 12:28
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    28Life is in the way of righteousnesse, and in that path way there is no death.

  • Eccl 12:7-8
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    7And dust returne to the earth as it was, and the spirit returne to God that gaue it.

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    4Surely whosoeuer is ioyned to all ye liuing, there is hope: for it is better to a liuing dog, then to a dead lyon.

  • Eccl 4:13
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    13Better is a poore and wise childe, then an olde and foolish King, which will no more be admonished.

  • Job 7:1
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    1Is there not an appointed time to man vpon earth? and are not his dayes as the dayes of an hyreling?

  • Eccl 2:16
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    16For there shalbe no remembrance of the wise, nor of the foole for euer: for that that now is, in the dayes to come shall all be forgotten; howe dyeth the wise man, as doeth the foole?

  • Eccl 6:6
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    6And if he had liued a thousand yeeres twise tolde, and had seene no good, shall not all goe to one place?