Bible Verses Like Ecclesiastes 7:1

“A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.”

 

Bible verses related to Ecclesiastes 7:1 (similar cross-references)


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

Ecclesiastes 4:2 - Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.   (Verses like Ecclesiastes 4:2)

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.   (Verses like Song of Solomon 1:3)

Job 3:17 - There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.   (Verses like Job 3:17)

Proverbs 15:30 - The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.   (Verses like Proverbs 15:30)

Proverbs 27:9 - Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.   (Verses like Proverbs 27:9)

Ecclesiastes 10:1 - Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.   (Verses like Ecclesiastes 10:1)

Song of Solomon 4:10 - How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!   (Verses like Song of Solomon 4:10)

Isaiah 56:5 - Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.   (Verses like Isaiah 56:5)

Isaiah 57:1-2 - The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.   (Verses like Isaiah 57:1)

Luke 10:20 - Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.   (Verses like Luke 10:20)

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

2 Corinthians 5:1 - 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, eternal in the heavens.   (Verses like 2 Corinthians 5:1)

2 Corinthians 5:8 - We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.   (Verses like 2 Corinthians 5:8)

Philippians 1:21-23 - For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:   (Verses like Philippians 1:21)

Hebrews 11:2 - For by it the elders obtained a good report.   (Verses like Hebrews 11:2)

Hebrews 11:39 - And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:   (Verses like Hebrews 11:39)

Revelation 14:13 - And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.   (Verses like Revelation 14:13)

Psalms 127:2 - It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.   (Verses like Psalms 127:2)