A good name is better than fine perfume, and one's day of death is better than his day of birth.
Cross References
Proverbs 22:1A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.
Ecclesiastes 4:2So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.
Ecclesiastes 7:8The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
Song of Solomon 1:3The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.
Jonah 4:3And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live."
Treasury of Scripture
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
name
Proverbs 15:30
The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
Proverbs 22:1
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
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.
precious
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.
Psalm 133:2
It 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;
Proverbs 27:9
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
the day
Ecclesiastes 4:2
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
Job 3:17
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
Isaiah 57:1,2
The 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…
