Ecclesiastes 7:1

People Generally Do Not Know What Is Best For Them

¹ A good name is better than a good ointment,
And the day of one’s death is better than the day of one’s birth.
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 will lay it to his heart.

Precious Ointment

Precious Oil

Proverbs 22:1

A good reputation is rather to be chosen than great riches and good grace rather than silver and gold.

Ecclesiastes 4:2

Therefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.

Song of Songs 1:3

Because of the savour of thy good ointments (ointment poured forth is thy name), therefore have the virgins loved thee.

Job 3:17

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

Proverbs 15:30

The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and a good report makes the bones fat.

Proverbs 27:9

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, so does the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

Ecclesiastes 10:1

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: likewise a small act of folly unto him that is esteemed for wisdom and honour.

Song of Songs 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!

Isaiah 56:5

even unto them will I give in my 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 never be cut off.

Isaiah 57:1-2

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

Luke 10:20

Notwithstanding, rejoice not in this, that the spirits are subject unto you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in the heavens.

John 13:2

And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if the earthly house of this our habitation were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

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.

Philippians 1:21-23

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

Hebrews 11:2

For by it the elders obtained a good report.

Hebrews 11:39

And these all, approved by testimony of faith, received not the promise,

Revelation 14:13

And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on; Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours, and their works do follow them.

Psalm 133:2

It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that runs down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard, that goes down to the skirts of his garments;