Ecclesiastes 7:1

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ A good name [is] better than precious ointment; 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 favour rather than silver and gold.
  • Eccl 4:2 : 2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
  • Song 1:3 : 3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name [is as] ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
  • 2 Cor 5:8 : 8 We are confident, [I say], and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
  • Phil 1:21-23 : 21 ¶ For to me to live [is] Christ, and to die [is] gain. 22 But if I live in the flesh, this [is] the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. 23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
  • Rev 14:13 : 13 ¶ And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed [are] the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
  • Prov 15:30 : 30 ¶ The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: [and] a good report maketh the bones fat.
  • Heb 11:2 : 2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.
  • Heb 11:39 : 39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
  • Isa 56:5 : 5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place 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 shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, [each one] walking [in] his uprightness.
  • Luke 10:20 : 20 ‹Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.›
  • John 13:2 : 2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's [son], to betray him;
  • 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 ¶ For we know that if our earthly house of [this] tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
  • Eccl 10:1 : 1 ¶ Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: [so doth] a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom [and] honour.
  • Prov 27:9 : 9 ¶ Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
  • Job 3:17 : 17 There the wicked cease [from] troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
  • Ps 133:2 : 2 [It is] like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, [even] Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
  • Song 4:10 : 10 How fair is thy love, my sister, [my] spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

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