Ecclesiastes 7:1

A Conservative Version

A [good] name is better than precious oil, and the day of death, than the day of birth.

Cross References

Revelation 14:13

And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in Lord from henceforth. Yea, says the Spirit, so that they may rest from their toils, and their works follow with them.

Proverbs 22:1

A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches, loving favor rather than silver and gold.

Ecclesiastes 4:2

Therefore I praised the dead who have long been dead more than the living who are yet alive.

2 Corinthians 5:8

And we are confident, and are pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be at home near the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if the earthly house of our tent were destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made by hands, eternal in the heavens.

Song of Solomon 1:3

Thine oils have a good fragrance. Thy name is oil poured forth. Therefore the virgins love thee.

Ecclesiastes 10:1

Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor, [so] a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

Proverbs 27:9

Oil and perfume rejoice the heart, so [too] the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

Isaiah 56:5

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.

Proverbs 15:30

The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news make the bones fat.

Job 3:17

There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest.

John 13:2

And supper having occurred, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, that he would betray him,

Psalm 133:2

It is like the precious oil upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard, that came down upon the skirt of his garments,

Hebrews 11:39

And all these, having been well reported through faith, did not receive the promise,

Hebrews 11:2

For by this the ancients were well reported.

Luke 10:20

Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are made subject to you, but rejoice because your names are written in the heavens.

Song of Solomon 4:10

How fair is thy love, my sister, [my] bride! How much better is thy love than wine, and the fragrance of thine oils than all manner of spices!

Ecclesiastes 7:8

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning of it. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Jonah 4:3

Therefore now, O LORD, I beseech thee, take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.

Ruth 3:14

And she lay at his feet until the morning. And she rose up before one could discern another. For he said, Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing-floor.

Proverbs 25:10

lest he who hears it revile thee, and thine infamy turn not away.