Ecclesiastes 7:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death is better 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 Therefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.
  • Song 1:3 : 3 Because of the fragrance of your good ointments, your name is like ointment poured out; therefore, the maidens love you.
  • 2 Cor 5:8 : 8 We are confident, I say, and prefer 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 on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what I shall choose I do not know. 23 For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better;
  • Rev 14:13 : 13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on. Yes, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them.
  • Prov 15:30 : 30 The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and a good report makes the bones healthy.
  • Heb 11:2 : 2 For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.
  • Heb 11:39 : 39 And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise,
  • Isa 56:5 : 5 Even unto them will I give in my 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 perish, and no one takes 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 Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.
  • John 13:2 : 2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;
  • 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 For we know that if our earthly body, this tabernacle, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a 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 aroma: so does a little folly him who is in reputation for wisdom and honor.
  • Prov 27:9 : 9 Ointment and perfume make the heart rejoice; so does the sweetness of a man's friend through earnest counsel.
  • Job 3:17 : 17 There the wicked cease from troubling; there the weary are at rest.
  • Ps 133:2 : 2 It is like the precious oil upon the head, running down on the beard, even Aaron's beard, coming down upon the edge of his garments;
  • Song 4:10 : 10 How fair is your love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is your love than wine! and the fragrance of your ointments than all spices!

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  • Eccl 7:2-5
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    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 take it to heart.

    3Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the face the heart is made better.

    4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of laughter.

    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
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    10Do not say, 'Why were the former days better than these?' for you do not inquire wisely concerning this.

    11Wisdom is good with an inheritance, and by it there is profit to those who see the sun.

    12For wisdom is a defense, and money is a defense, but the excellence of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to those who have it.

  • Eccl 4:2-3
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    2Therefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.

    3Yes, better is he than both, who has not yet been, who has 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, but in the day of adversity consider: God also has set the one against the other, so that man should find nothing after him.

    15All things have I seen in the days of my vanity; there is a just man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness.

    16Do not be overly righteous, nor make yourself overly wise; why should you destroy yourself?

    17Do not be overly wicked, nor be foolish; why should you die before your time?

    18It is good that you should take hold of this, and also from this do not withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will escape them all.

  • Prov 10:7
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    7The memory of the just is blessed, but the name of the wicked shall rot.

  • Eccl 6:3-4
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    3If a man begets a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, yet his soul is not filled with good, and indeed he has no burial; I say, that a premature birth is better than he.

    4For it comes in vanity and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.

  • Eccl 7:8
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    8Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

  • Prov 27:9
    68%

    9Ointment and perfume make the heart rejoice; so does the sweetness of a man's friend through earnest counsel.

  • Prov 16:16
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    16How much better is it to get wisdom than gold, and to choose understanding rather than silver!

  • Job 5:27
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    27Behold this, we have searched it out, it is true; hear it, and know it for your good.

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

    8But if a man lives many years, and rejoices in them all, let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. All that comes is vanity.

  • Prov 15:16
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    16Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with trouble.

  • Eccl 6:9
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    9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire: this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 10:1
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    1Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking aroma: so does a little folly him who is in reputation for wisdom and honor.

  • Prov 8:11
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    11For wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired cannot compare to it.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
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    11Since there are many things that increase vanity, what advantage does man have?

    12For who knows what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

  • Prov 25:7
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    7For it is better to be told, "Come up here," than to be put lower in the presence of the prince whom your eyes have seen.

  • Ps 34:12
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    12Who is the man that desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good?

  • Prov 3:14
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    14For its merchandise is better than the merchandise of silver, and its gain than fine gold.

  • Ps 116:15
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    15Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  • Eccl 9:8
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    8Let your garments be always white; and let your head lack no ointment.

  • Prov 3:16
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    16Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honor.

  • Prov 15:24
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    24The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

  • Prov 12:28
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    28In the path of righteousness there is life, and in its way there is no death.

  • Eccl 12:7-8
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    7Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

    8Vanity of vanities, says the preacher; all is vanity.

  • Prov 14:12
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    12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

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

  • Eccl 4:13
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    13Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king who will not be admonished anymore.

  • Job 7:1
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    1Is there not an appointed time for man on earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hired worker?

  • Eccl 2:16
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    16For there is no more remembrance of the wise than of the fool forever, since what now is will all be forgotten in the days to come. And how does the wise man die? Just like the fool.

  • Eccl 6:6
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    6Yes, even if he lives a thousand years twice over, yet has seen no good: do not all go to one place?