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Ecclesiastes 7:1
A good name is better than oil of great price, and the day of death than the day of birth.
Ecclesiastes 7:1 · Bible in Basic English
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Ecclesiastes 7:1 in other translations
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.
A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.
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In context
1 A good name is better than oil of great price, and the day of death than the day of birth.
2 It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.
3 Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.
4 The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.
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