Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good reputation outweighs costly perfume, and the day of death is better than the day of birth. It matters because character endures, and death's seriousness teaches wisdom that birth's promise cannot.

Cross-references · 19

• Rev 14:13And 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.
• Prov 22:1A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
• Eccl 4:2Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
• 2 Cor 5:8We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
• Phil 1:21–23For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
• 2 Cor 5:1For 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 1:3Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
• Prov 27:9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
• Eccl 10:1Dead 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.
• Prov 15:30The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
• Isa 56:5Even 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.
• Isa 57:1–2The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
• Job 3:17There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
• Ps 133:2It 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;
• Luke 10:20Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
• John 13:2And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him;
• Song 4:10How 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!
• Heb 11:2For by it the elders obtained a good report.
• Heb 11:39And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

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