Ecclesiastes 7:1

American King James Version (1999)

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

Cross References

Job 3:17

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

Psalm 133:2

It is like the precious ointment on the head, that ran down on the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;

Proverbs 15:30

The light of the eyes rejoices the heart: and a good report makes the bones fat.

Proverbs 22:1

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

Proverbs 25:10

Lest he that hears it put you to shame, and your infamy turn not away.

Proverbs 27:9

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so does the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

Ecclesiastes 10:1

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking smell: so does a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honor.

Ecclesiastes 4:2

Why I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Song of Solomon 1:3

Because of the smell of your good ointments your name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love you.

Song of Solomon 4:10

How fair is your love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is your love than wine! and the smell of your ointments than all spices!

Isaiah 56:5

Even to 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.

Jonah 4:3

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

Luke 10:20

Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject to you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

John 13:2

And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;

2 Corinthians 5:1

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.

2 Corinthians 5:8

We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

Hebrews 11:2

For by it the elders obtained a good report.

Hebrews 11:39

And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

Revelation 14:13

And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from now on: Yes, said the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them.

Ruth 3:14

And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.