Ecclesiastes 7:1

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

A good name is better than precious ointment; 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 unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

Proverbs 22:1

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

Ecclesiastes 4:2

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

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.

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.

Song of Solomon 1:3

Because of the savour of thy good ointments Thy name is as ointment poured forth, Therefore do the virgins love thee.

Ecclesiastes 10:1

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

Proverbs 27:9

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

Isaiah 56:5

even unto them will I give in mine 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.

Proverbs 15:30

The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: And a good report maketh the bones fat.

Job 3:17

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

John 13:2

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

Psalm 133:2

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

Hebrews 11:39

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

Hebrews 11:2

For by it the elders obtained a good report.

Luke 10:20

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

Song of Solomon 4:10

How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! How much better is thy love than wine! And the smell of thine ointments than all 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 LORD, 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 know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.

Proverbs 25:10

Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, And thine infamy turn not away.