Ecclesiastes 7:1
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Ecclesiastes 7:1 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Ecclesiastes 7:1 is a verse from the book of Ecclesiastes in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Ecclesiastes 7:1 — KJV
“A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.”
— Ecclesiastes 7:1 (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 7:1 in Context — About the Book of Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes is the Bible's most unflinching look at life under the sun — wealth, pleasure, work, and wisdom all tested and found fleeting. Its honesty disarms cynics, then lands on bedrock: fear God, keep His commands, and receive each ordinary day as His gift.
Cross-References for Ecclesiastes 7:1
“If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 7:1: good, better, than
“And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand. perish: Heb. be consumed”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 7:1: better, than, day
“And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 7:1: name, better, than
“On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people. blessed: or, thanked”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 7:1: good, than, day
“And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money. seem...: Heb. be good in thine eyes”
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