Ecclesiastes 7:1
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A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

name

Proverbs 15:30 The light of the eyes rejoices the heart: and a good report makes the bones fat.

Proverbs 22:1 A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.

Isaiah 56:5 Even to them will I give in my house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters...

Luke 10:20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject to you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

Hebrews 11:2, 39 For by it the elders obtained a good report...

precious

Ecclesiastes 10:1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking smell...

Psalm 133:2 It is like the precious ointment on the head, that ran down on the beard, even Aaron's beard...

Proverbs 27:9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so does the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

Songs 1:3 Because of the smell of your good ointments your name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love you.

Songs 4:10 How fair is your love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is your love than wine! and the smell of your ointments than all spices!

John 13:2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;

the day

Ecclesiastes 4:2 Why I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

Job 3:17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

Isaiah 57:1, 2 The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart: and merciful men are taken away...

2 Corinthians 5:1, 8 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands...

Philippians 1:21-23 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain...

Revelation 14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from now on: Yes, said the Spirit...

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of one's death than the day of one's birth.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
A good name is better than a good ointment, And the day of one's death is better than the day of one's birth.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

International Standard Version (©2012)
A good name exceeds the value of fine perfume, and the day of someone's death exceeds the value of the day of his birth.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

American King James Version
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

American Standard Version
A good name is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one's birth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
A good name is better than precious ointments: and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

Darby Bible Translation
A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

English Revised Version
A GOOD name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

Webster's Bible Translation
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

World English Bible
A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one's birth.

Young's Literal Translation
Better is a name than good perfume, And the day of death than the day of birth.

Proverbs 22:1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.


Ecclesiastes 4:2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
Ecclesiastes 7:8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Song of Solomon 1:3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
Jonah 4:3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of one’s death than the day of one’s birth. —HCSB

A good name is better than a good ointment, And the day of [one's] death is better than the day of one's birth. —NASB

A good name [is] better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. —KJV


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Ecclesiastes Chapter 7 Verse 1

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