Bible verse
A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.
Ecclesiastes 7:1 · BSB
The verses around it, from Ecclesiastes 7.
1 A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.
2 It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.
3 Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.
5 It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.
KJV
A good name [is] better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
ASV
A good name is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one’s birth.
ERV
A GOOD name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
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