Eccl.7.1

Ecclesiastes 7:1

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A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.

Proverbs 22:1

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A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

Ecclesiastes 4:2

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Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

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Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Song of Solomon 1:3

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Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

Jonah 4:3

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Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.