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 14:13I heard a voice from heaven saying, “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 with them.”
• Prov 22:1A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.
• Eccl 4:2Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.
• 2 Cor 5:8We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home 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 the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
• Song 1:3Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured out, therefore the virgins love you.
• Prov 27:9Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.
• Eccl 10:1Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to produce an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.
• Prov 15:30The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news gives health to the bones.
• Isa 56:5I will give them in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters. I will give them an everlasting name, that will not be cut off.
• Isa 57:1–2The righteous perish, and no one lays it to heart. Merciful men are taken away, and no one considers that the righteous is taken away from the evil.
• Job 3:17There the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest.
• Ps 133:2It is like the precious oil on the head, that ran down on the beard, even Aaron’s beard; that came down on the edge of his robes;
• Luke 10:20Nevertheless, don’t rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
• John 13:2During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him,
• Song 4:10How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine! The fragrance of your perfumes than all kinds of spices!
• Heb 11:2For by this, the elders obtained testimony.
• Heb 11:39These all, having had testimony given to them through their faith, didn’t receive the promise,

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