Ecclesiastes 7:1

People Generally Do Not Know What Is Best For Them

¹ A good name is better than fine perfume,
and the day of one’s death 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,
since that is the end of all mankind,
and the living should take it to heart.

Precious Ointment

Precious Oil

Proverbs 22:1

A good name is to be chosen over great wealth;
favor is better than silver and gold.

Ecclesiastes 4:2

So I admired the dead, who have already died, more than the living, who are still alive.

Song of Songs 1:3

The fragrance of your perfume is intoxicating;
your name is perfume poured out.
No wonder young women adore you.

Job 3:17

There the wicked cease to make trouble,
and there the weary find rest.

Proverbs 15:30

Bright eyes cheer the heart;
good news strengthens the bones.

Proverbs 27:9

Oil and incense bring joy to the heart,
and the sweetness of a friend is better than self-counsel.

Ecclesiastes 10:1

Dead flies make a perfumer’s oil ferment and stink;
so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

Song of Songs 4:10

How delightful your love is, my sister, my bride.
Your love is much better than wine,
and the fragrance of your perfume than any balsam.

Isaiah 56:5

I will give them, in My house and within My walls,
a memorial and a name
better than sons and daughters.
I will give each of them an everlasting name
that will never be cut off.

Isaiah 57:1-2

The righteous one perishes,
and no one takes it to heart;
faithful men are swept away,
with no one realizing
that the righteous one is swept away
from the presence of evil.

Luke 10:20

However, don’t rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

John 13:2

Now by the time of supper, the Devil had already put it into the heart of Judas, Simon Iscariot’s son, to betray Him.

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if our temporary, earthly dwelling is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal dwelling in the heavens, not made with hands.

2 Corinthians 5:8

and we are confident and satisfied to be out of the body and at home with the Lord.

Philippians 1:21-23

For me, living is Christ and dying is gain.

Hebrews 11:2

For our ancestors won God’s approval by it.

Hebrews 11:39

All these were approved through their faith, but they did not receive what was promised,

Revelation 14:13

Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write: The dead who die in the Lord from now on are blessed.”

“Yes,” says the Spirit, “let them rest from their labors, for their works follow them!”

Psalm 133:2

It is like fine oil on the head,
running down on the beard,
running down Aaron’s beard
onto his robes.