Ecclesiastes 7:1

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Job 3:17

There the wicked will have stopped causing trouble, and there the exhausted will rest.

Psalm 133:2

It is like the precious oil on the head, running down upon the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down upon the edge of his robes.

Proverbs 15:30

The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and a good report gives health to the bones.

Proverbs 22:1

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

Proverbs 25:10

lest he who hears it puts you to shame, and your ill repute have no end.

Proverbs 27:9

Ointment and perfume make the heart glad; so the sweetness of a man’s friend brings joy by hearty counsel.

Ecclesiastes 10:1

Dead flies cause the perfumer’s ointment to give off a stench; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

Ecclesiastes 4:2

And I thought that the dead, who had already died, were more fortunate than the living, who were still alive.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and the patient in spirit than the haughty in spirit.

Song of Solomon 1:3

Your delightful anointing oils are fragrant. Your name is as oil poured out; therefore the young women love you.

Song of Solomon 4:10

How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better than wine is your love, and the fragrance of your perfume than all kinds of spices!

Isaiah 56:5

to them I will give in My house and within My walls a memorial, and a name better than that of sons and of daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off.

Jonah 4:3

Therefore, Lord, take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

Luke 10:20

Nevertheless do not rejoice that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

John 13:2

Now supper being concluded, the devil had put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray Him.

2 Corinthians 5:1

We know that if our earthly house, this tent, were to be destroyed, we have an eternal building of God in the heavens, a house not made with hands.

2 Corinthians 5:8

Instead, I say that we are confident and willing to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.

Hebrews 11:2

For by it the men of old obtained a good report.

Hebrews 11:39

These all have obtained a good report through faith, but they did not receive the promise.

Revelation 14:13

Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, “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 them.”

Ruth 3:14

So she lay at his feet until morning, but she arose before one could recognize another. Then he said, “It must not be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.”