Ecclesiastes 7:1

American Standard Version (1901)

A good name is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one’s birth.

Cross References

Revelation 14:13

And I heard a voice from heaven saying, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.

Proverbs 22:1

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

Ecclesiastes 4:2

Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;

2 Corinthians 5:8

we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

Song of Solomon 1:3

Thine oils have a goodly fragrance; Thy name is as oil poured forth; Therefore do the virgins love thee.

Ecclesiastes 10:1

Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

Proverbs 27:9

Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.

Isaiah 56:5

Unto them will I 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 rejoiceth the heart; And good tidings make the bones fat.

Job 3:17

There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest.

John 13:2

And during supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to 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 these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith, received not the promise,

Hebrews 11:2

For therein the elders had witness borne to them.

Luke 10:20

Nevertheless in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.

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 thereof; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Jonah 4:3

Therefore now, O Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, 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 that heareth it revile thee, And thine infamy turn not away.