Ecclesiastes 7:1

The Scriptures 1998

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

Cross References

Job 3:17

There the wrong cease raging, and there the weary are at rest,

Psalm 133:2

Like the precious oil on the head, Running down on the beard, The beard of Aharon, Running down on the collar of his robes –

Proverbs 15:30

The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, A good report gives marrow to the bones.

Proverbs 22:1

A good name is preferable to great riches. Favour is better than silver and gold.

Proverbs 25:10

Lest he who hears it put you to shame, And your evil report turn not back.

Proverbs 27:9

Ointment and perfume gladden the heart, So one’s counsel is sweet to his friend.

Ecclesiastes 10:1

Dead flies make the perfumer’s ointment stink, ferment; a little folly outweighs wisdom, esteem.

Ecclesiastes 4:2

Therefore I commended the dead who were already dead, more than the living who are still alive.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

The end of a matter is better than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Song of Solomon 1:3

For fragrance your oils are good. Your name is oil poured forth, Therefore the maidens love you.

Song of Solomon 4:10

How sweet have been your loves, My sister, my bride! How much better than wine are your loves, And the fragrance of your perfumes than all spices!

Isaiah 56:5

to them I shall give in My house and within My walls a place and a name better than that of sons and daughters – I give them an everlasting name that is not cut off.

Jonah 4:3

“And now, O יהוה, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live!”

Luke 10:20

“But do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names have been written in the heavens.”

John 13:2

And supper taking place, the devil having already put it into the heart of Yehuḏ

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if the tent of our earthly house, is destroyed, we have a building from Elohim, a house not made with hands, everlasting in the heavens.

2 Corinthians 5:8

we are of good courage, and are well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Master.

Hebrews 11:2

For by this the elders obtained witness.

Hebrews 11:39

And having obtained witness through the belief, all these did not receive the promise,

Revelation 14:13

And I heard a voice out of the heaven saying to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Master from now on.’ ” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “in order that they rest from their labours, and their works follow with them.”

Ruth 3:14

And she lay at his feet until morning, and she arose before one could recognise another. And he said, “Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing-floor.”