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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- 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."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 22:1
"A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 4:2
"Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive."
Read in chapter → - 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."
Read in chapter → - 2 Corinthians 5:1
"For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens."
Read in chapter → - Philippians 1:21
"For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 27:9
"Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel."
Read in chapter → - Song of Solomon 1:3
"Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 10:1
"Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 56:5
"Even unto them will I give in mine 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 not be cut off."
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