Ecclesiastes 7:1

People Generally Do Not Know What Is Best For Them

¹ 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.
² It is better to go to a house of mourning
Than to go to a house of feasting,
Because that is the end of every man,
And the living takes it to heart.

Precious Ointment

Precious Oil

Proverbs 22:1

A good name is to be more desired than great wealth,
Favor is better than silver and gold.

Ecclesiastes 4:2

So I congratulated the dead who are already dead more than the living who are still living.

Song of Songs 1:3

“Your oils have a pleasing fragrance,
Your name is like purified oil;
Therefore the maidens love you.

Job 3:17

“There the wicked cease from raging,
And there the weary are at rest.

Proverbs 15:30

Bright eyes gladden the heart;
Good news puts fat on the bones.

Proverbs 27:9

Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
So a man’s counsel is sweet to his friend.

Ecclesiastes 10:1

Dead flies make a perfumer’s oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom and honor.

Song of Songs 4:10

“How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride!
How much better is your love than wine,
And the fragrance of your oils
Than all kinds of spices!

Isaiah 56:5

To them I will give in My house and within My walls a memorial,
And a name better than that of sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name which will not be cut off.

Isaiah 57:1-2

The righteous man perishes, and no man takes it to heart;
And devout men are taken away, while no one understands.
For the righteous man is taken away from evil,

Luke 10:20

Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.”

John 13:2

During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him,

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

2 Corinthians 5:8

we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

Philippians 1:21-23

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

Hebrews 11:2

For by it the men of old gained approval.

Hebrews 11:39

And all these, having gained approval through their faith, did not receive what was promised,

Revelation 14:13

And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “so that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow with them.”

Psalm 133:2

It is like the precious oil upon the head,
Coming down upon the beard,
Even Aaron’s beard,
Coming down upon the edge of his robes.