To them I will give 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 shall not be cut off.

Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are made subject to you, but rejoice because your names are written in the heavens.

For by this the ancients were well reported.

Precious

Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor, [so] a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

It is like the precious oil upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard, that came down upon the skirt of his garments,

Oil and perfume rejoice the heart, so [too] the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

Thine oils have a good fragrance. Thy name is oil poured forth. Therefore the virgins love thee.

And supper having occurred, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, that he would betray him,

The day

There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest.

The righteous man perishes, and no man lays it to heart. And merciful men are taken away; none considering that the righteous man is taken away from the evil [to come].

For we know that if the earthly house of our tent were destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made by hands, eternal in the heavens.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in Lord from henceforth. Yea, says the Spirit, so that they may rest from their toils, and their works follow with them.

General references

And they said to him, Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing.