Ecclesiastes 7:1

New Century Version

It is better to have respect than good perfume. The day of death is better than the day of birth.

Cross References

Job 3:17

In the grave the wicked stop making trouble, and the weary workers are at rest.

Psalm 133:2

It is like perfumed oil poured on the priest’s head and running down his beard. It ran down Aaron’s beard and on to the collar of his robes.

Proverbs 15:30

Good news makes you feel better. Your happiness will show in your eyes.

Proverbs 22:1

Being respected is more important than having great riches. To be well thought of is better than silver or gold.

Proverbs 25:10

Whoever hears it might shame you, and you might not ever be respected again.

Proverbs 27:9

The sweet smell of perfume and oils is pleasant, and so is good advice from a friend.

Ecclesiastes 10:1

Dead flies can make even perfume stink. In the same way, a little foolishness can spoil wisdom.

Ecclesiastes 4:2

I decided that the dead are better off than the living.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

It is better to finish something than to start it. It is better to be patient than to be proud.

Song of Solomon 1:3

The smell of your perfume is pleasant, and your name is pleasant like expensive perfume. That’s why the young women love you.

Song of Solomon 4:10

Your love is so sweet, my sister, my bride. Your love is better than wine, and your perfume smells better than any spice.

Isaiah 56:5

If they do, I will make their names remembered within my Temple and its walls. It will be better for them than children. I will give them a name that will last forever, that will never be forgotten.

Jonah 4:3

So now I ask you, Lord, please kill me. It is better for me to die than to live.”

Luke 10:20

But you should not be happy because the spirits obey you but because your names are written in heaven.”

John 13:2

Jesus and his followers were at the evening meal. The devil had already persuaded Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to turn against Jesus.

2 Corinthians 5:1

We know that our body—the tent we live in here on earth—will be destroyed. But when that happens, God will have a house for us. It will not be a house made by human hands; instead, it will be a home in heaven that will last forever.

2 Corinthians 5:8

So I say that we have courage. We really want to be away from this body and be at home with the Lord.

Hebrews 11:2

Faith is the reason we remember great people who lived in the past.

Hebrews 11:39

All these people are known for their faith, but none of them received what God had promised.

Revelation 14:13

Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die from now on in the Lord.” The Spirit says, “Yes, they will rest from their hard work, and the reward of all they have done stays with them.”

Ruth 3:14

So Ruth stayed near his feet until morning but got up while it was still too dark to recognize anyone. Boaz thought, “People in town must not know that the woman came here to the threshing floor.”