Ecclesiastes 7:1

Ecclesiastes 7:1
A good name is better than oil of great price, and the day of death than the day of birth.

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Proverbs 22:1
A good name is more to be desired than great wealth, and to be respected is better than silver and gold.

3 John 1:12
Demetrius has the approval of all men and of what is true: and we give the same witness, and you are certain that our witness is true.

Proverbs 15:30
The light of the eyes is a joy to the heart, and good news makes the bones fat.

Isaiah 39:2
And Hezekiah was glad at their coming, and let them see all his store of wealth, the silver and the gold and the spices and the oil, and all the house of his arms, and everything there was in his stores: there was nothing in all his house or his kingdom which he did not let them see.

Isaiah 56:5
I will give to them in my house, and inside my walls, a place and a name better than that of sons and daughters; I will give them an eternal name which will not be cut off.

Acts 16:2
Of whom the brothers at Lystra and Iconium had a high opinion.

1 Samuel 18:30
Then the rulers of the Philistines went out to war: and whenever they went out, David did more wisely than all the other servants of Saul, so that his name became greatly honoured.

Job 30:8
They are sons of shame, and of men without a name, who have been forced out of the land.

Luke 10:20
Do not be glad, however, because you have power over spirits, but because your names are recorded in heaven.

Acts 6:3
Take then from among you seven men of good name, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, to whom we may give control of this business.

Acts 10:22
And they said, Cornelius, a captain, an upright and God-fearing man, respected by all the nation of the Jews, had word from God by an angel to send for you to his house, and to give hearing to your words.

Acts 22:12
And one Ananias, a God-fearing man, who kept the law, and of whom all the Jews in that place had a high opinion,

2 Corinthians 8:18
And with him we have sent a brother whose praise in the good news has gone through all the churches;

Hebrews 11:39
And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith,

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Song of Solomon 1:3
Sweet is the smell of your perfumes; your name is as perfume running out; so the young girls give you their love.

Psalms 133:2
It is like oil of great price on the head, flowing down over the face, even Aaron's face: coming down to the edge of his robe;

Ecclesiastes 9:8
Let your clothing be white at all times, and let not your head be without oil.

Proverbs 27:9
Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.

Ecclesiastes 10:1
Dead flies make the oil of the perfumer give out an evil smell; more valued is a little wisdom than the great glory of the foolish.

Song of Solomon 3:6
Who is this coming out of the waste places like pillars of smoke, perfumed with sweet spices, with all the spices of the trader?

Song of Solomon 4:10
How fair is your love, my sister! How much better is your love than wine, and the smell of your oils than any perfume!

2 Corinthians 2:14
But praise be to God who makes us strong to overcome in Christ, and makes clear through us in every place the value of the knowledge of him.

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Ecclesiastes 4:2
So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.

Revelation 14:13
And a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Put in writing, There is a blessing on the dead who from now on come to their end in the Lord: yes, says the Spirit, that they may have rest from their troubles; for their works go with them.

Ecclesiastes 9:4
For him who is joined to all the living there is hope; a living dog is better than a dead lion.

Philippians 1:23
I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:

Ecclesiastes 2:17
So I was hating life, because everything under the sun was evil to me: all is to no purpose and desire for wind.

Isaiah 57:1
The upright man goes to his death, and no one gives a thought to it; and god-fearing men are taken away, and no one is troubled by it; for the upright man is taken away because of evil-doing, and goes into peace.

Isaiah 57:2
They are at rest in their last resting-places, every one going straight before him.

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Ecclesiastes 7:2
It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.

Ecclesiastes 7:3
Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.

Ecclesiastes 7:4
The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.

Ecclesiastes 7:8
The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.

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Psalms 112:6
He will not ever be moved; the memory of the upright will be living for ever.

Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust.

Matthew 26:13
Truly I say to you, Wherever this good news goes out in all the world, what this woman has done will be talked of in memory of her.

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Proverbs 18:22
Whoever gets a wife gets a good thing, and has the approval of the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 6:12
Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 7:28
For which my soul is still searching, but I have it not; one man among a thousand have I seen; but a woman among all these I have not seen.

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Job 3:13
For then I might have gone to my rest in quiet, and in sleep have been in peace,

Ecclesiastes 6:3
If a man has a hundred children, and his life is long so that the days of his years are great in number, but his soul takes no pleasure in good, and he is not honoured at his death; I say that a birth before its time is better than he.

Ecclesiastes 6:5
Yes, it saw not the sun, and it had no knowledge; it is better with this than with the other.

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Psalms 6:6
The voice of my sorrow is a weariness to me; all the night I make my bed wet with weeping; it is watered by the drops flowing from my eyes.

John 16:21
When a woman is about to give birth she has sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she has given birth to the child, the pain is put out of her mind by the joy that a man has come into the world.

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Proverbs 17:3
The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

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Proverbs 27:21
The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for.

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