Ecclesiastes 7:1
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
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Cross references
- 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.
- Proverbs 22:1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
- Ecclesiastes 4:2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.