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Ecclesiastes 7:1
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Ecclesiastes 7:1
1A GOOD name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
1¶ *A Good name is better then precious ointment: and the day of death, then the day of ones birth.
- Prou.23.1 and 15.30.
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Ecclesiastes 7:1
That which is right, beneficial, pleasing, useful, or morally upright.
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A word or appellation by which a person or thing is known; also reputation, character, authority, remembrance, or the person represented, according to context.
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More excellent, more fitting, or to a greater degree.
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A perfumed or medicinal substance used for anointing or smearing.
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The period of light between morning and evening; a complete daily cycle; or a specified time, age, or season, according to context.
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The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The act of being born; origin, offspring, or native rank.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study13And 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.
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Open the full verse study1A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
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Open the full verse study2Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
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Open the full verse study8We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
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Open the full verse study1FOR 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.
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Open the full verse study21For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
22But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.
23For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
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Open the full verse study9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
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Open the full verse study3Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
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Open the full verse study1DEAD 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.
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Open the full verse study5Even 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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Open the full verse study1THE righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
2He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
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Open the full verse study17There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
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Open the full verse study30The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
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Open the full verse study2And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him;
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Open the full verse study20Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
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Open the full verse study2It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
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Open the full verse study2For by it the elders obtained a good report.
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Open the full verse study39And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
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Open the full verse study10How 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!
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