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Ecclesiastes 7:1 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 7 · verse 1
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.Ecclesiastes 7:1 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 7:1 in context
1A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
2It 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.
3Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
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Key words (Strong's)
- ointmentshemengrease, especially liquidH8081 →
- betterṭôwbgood in the widest senseH2896 →
- deathmâvethdeathH4194 →
- nameshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
- dayyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
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In these verses Solomon lays down some great truths which seem paradoxes to the unthinking part, that is, the far greatest part, of mankind. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6