Ecclesiastes 7:1

People Generally Do Not Know What Is Best For Them

¹ A good name is better than precious perfume,
And the day of one’s death better than the day of one’s birth.
²
It is better to go to the house of mourning
Than to go to the house of feasting,
For that [day of death] is the end of every man,
And the living will take it to heart and solemnly ponder its meaning.

Precious Ointment

Precious Oil

Proverbs 22:1

A good name [earned by honorable behavior, godly wisdom, moral courage, and personal integrity] is more desirable than great riches;
And favor is better than silver and gold.

Ecclesiastes 4:2

So I congratulated and thought more fortunate are those who are already dead than the living who are still living.

Song of Songs 1:3

“The aroma of your oils is fragrant and pleasing;
Your name is perfume poured out;
Therefore the maidens love you.

Job 3:17

“There [in death] the wicked cease from raging,
And there the weary are at rest.

Proverbs 15:30

The light of the eyes rejoices the hearts of others,
And good news puts fat on the bones.

Proverbs 27:9

Oil and perfume make the heart glad;
So does the sweetness of a friend’s counsel that comes from the heart.

Ecclesiastes 10:1

Dead flies make the oil of the perfumer give off a foul odor; so a little foolishness [in one who is esteemed] outweighs wisdom and honor.

Song of Songs 4:10

“How beautiful is your love, my sister, my [promised] bride!
How much better is your love than wine,
And the fragrance of your oils
Than all kinds of balsam and 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 [at the hand of evil], and no one takes it to heart;
Faithful and devout men are taken away, while no one understands
That the righteous person is taken away [to be spared] from disaster and evil.

Luke 10:20

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

John 13:2

It was during supper, when the devil had already put [the thought of] betraying Jesus into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son,

2 Corinthians 5:1

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

2 Corinthians 5:8

we are [as I was saying] of good courage and confident hope, 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 [He is my source of joy, my reason to live] and to die is gain [for I will be with Him in eternity].

Hebrews 11:2

For by this [kind of] faith the men of old gained [divine] approval.

Hebrews 11:39

And all of these, though they gained [divine] approval through their faith, did not receive [the fulfillment of] what was promised,

Revelation 14:13

Then I heard [the distinct words of] a voice from heaven, saying, “Write, ‘Blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!’” “Yes, [blessed indeed],” says the Spirit, “so that they may rest and have relief from their labors, for their deeds do follow them.”

Psalm 133:2

It is like the precious oil [of consecration] poured on the head,
Coming down on the beard,
Even the beard of Aaron,
Coming down upon the edge of his [priestly] robes [consecrating the whole body].