Verse 1

A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one's birth.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 22:1 : 1 A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.
• Eccl 4:2 : 2 Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.
• Song 1:3 : 3 Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured forth, therefore the virgins love you.
• 2 Cor 5:8 : 8 We are courageous, 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 I live on in the flesh, this will bring fruit from my work; yet I don't know what I will choose. 23 But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.
• Rev 14:13 : 13 I heard the voice from heaven saying, "Write, 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them."
• Prov 15:30 : 30 The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news gives health to the bones.
• Heb 11:2 : 2 For by this, the elders obtained testimony.
• Heb 11:39 : 39 These all, having had testimony given to them through their faith, didn't receive the promise,
• Isa 56:5 : 5 to them I will 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 perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come]. 2 He enters into peace; they rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.
• Luke 10:20 : 20 Nevertheless, don't rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
• John 13:2 : 2 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 tent is 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 does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.
• Prov 27:9 : 9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man's friend.
• 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 on the head, that ran down on the beard, even Aaron's beard; that came down on the edge of his robes;
• Song 4:10 : 10 How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine! The fragrance of your perfumes than all kinds of spices!