Ecclesiastes 7:1

Ecclesiastes 7:1
A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.

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Proverbs 22:1
A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.

3 John 1:12
Demetrius has the testimony of all, and of the truth itself; yes, we also testify, and you know that our testimony is true.

Proverbs 15:30
The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news gives health to the bones.

Isaiah 39:2
Hezekiah was pleased with them, and showed them the house of his precious things, the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah didn’t show them.

Isaiah 56:5
I will give them in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.

Acts 16:2
The brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony about him.

1 Samuel 18:30
Then the princes of the Philistines went out; and as often as they went out, David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was highly esteemed.

Job 30:8
They are children of fools, yes, children of wicked men. They were flogged out of the land.

Luke 10:20
Nevertheless, don’t rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

Acts 6:3
Therefore, select from among you, brothers, seven men of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

Acts 10:22
They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man and one who fears God, and well spoken of by all the nation of the Jews, was directed by a holy angel to invite you to his house, and to listen to what you say.”

Acts 22:12
“One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,

2 Corinthians 8:18
We have sent together with him the brother whose praise in the Good News is known throughout all the assemblies.

Hebrews 11:39
These all, having been commended for their faith, didn’t receive the promise,

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Song of Solomon 1:3
Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured out, therefore the virgins love you.

Psalms 133:2
It is like the precious oil on the head, that ran down on the beard, even Aaron’s beard, that came down on the edge of his robes,

Ecclesiastes 9:8
Let your garments be always white, and don’t let your head lack oil.

Proverbs 27:9
Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.

Ecclesiastes 10:1
Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to produce an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

Song of Solomon 3:6
Who is this who comes up from the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all spices of the merchant?

Song of Solomon 4:10
How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, the fragrance of your perfumes than all kinds of spices!

2 Corinthians 2:14
Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.

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Ecclesiastes 4:2
Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.

Revelation 14:13
I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ ” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their works follow with them.”

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

Philippians 1:23
But I am hard pressed between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.

Ecclesiastes 2:17
So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Isaiah 57:1
The righteous perish, and no one lays it to heart. Merciful men are taken away, and no one considers that the righteous is taken away from the evil.

Isaiah 57:2
He enters into peace. They rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.

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Ecclesiastes 7:2
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.

Ecclesiastes 7:3
Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.

Ecclesiastes 7:4
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

Ecclesiastes 7:8
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

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Psalms 112:6
For he will never be shaken. The righteous will be remembered forever.

Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.

Matthew 26:13
Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of as a memorial of her.”

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Proverbs 18:22
Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.

Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 7:28
which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all those.

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Job 3:13
For now I should have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,

Ecclesiastes 6:3
If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better than he;

Ecclesiastes 6:5
Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.

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Psalms 6:6
I am weary with my groaning. Every night I flood my bed. I drench my couch with my tears.

John 16:21
A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn’t remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.

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Proverbs 17:3
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.

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Proverbs 27:21
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

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