¹ A good name is better than oil of great price, and the day of death than the day of birth.

¹ A good name is more to be desired than great wealth, and to be respected is better than silver and gold.

² So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.

¹³ And a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Put in writing, There is a blessing on the dead who from now on come to their end in the Lord: yes, says the Spirit, that they may have rest from their troubles; for their works go with them.

²¹ For to me life is Christ and death is profit.

²² But if I go on living in the flesh--if this is the fruit of my work--then I do not see what decision to make.

²³ I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:

⁸ We are without fear, desiring to be free from the body, and to be with the Lord.

³ Sweet is the smell of your perfumes; your name is as perfume running out; so the young girls give you their love.

³⁹ And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith,

² For by it our fathers had God's approval.

¹ For we are conscious that if this our tent of flesh is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in heaven.

² So while a meal was going on, the Evil One having now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to be false to him,

²⁰ Do not be glad, however, because you have power over spirits, but because your names are recorded in heaven.

¹ The upright man goes to his death, and no one gives a thought to it; and god-fearing men are taken away, and no one is troubled by it; for the upright man is taken away because of evil-doing, and goes into peace.

² They are at rest in their last resting-places, every one going straight before him.

⁵ I will give to them in my house, and inside my walls, a place and a name better than that of sons and daughters; I will give them an eternal name which will not be cut off.

¹ Dead flies make the oil of the perfumer give out an evil smell; more valued is a little wisdom than the great glory of the foolish.

⁹ Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.

³⁰ The light of the eyes is a joy to the heart, and good news makes the bones fat.

¹⁷ There the passions of the evil are over, and those whose strength has come to an end have rest.

¹⁰ How fair is your love, my sister! How much better is your love than wine, and the smell of your oils than any perfume!

² It is like oil of great price on the head, flowing down over the face, even Aaron's face: coming down to the edge of his robe;