¹ A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one's birth.

¹ A good name is more desirable than great riches, And loving favor is better than silver and gold.

² Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.

¹³ I heard the voice from heaven saying, "Write, 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them."

²¹ For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

²² But if I live on in the flesh, this will bring fruit from my work; yet I don't make known what I will choose.

²³ But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.

⁸ We are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

³ Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured forth, Therefore the virgins love you.

³⁹ These all, having had testimony given to them through their faith, didn't receive the promise,

² For by this, the elders obtained testimony.

¹ For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

² After supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,

²⁰ Nevertheless, don't rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."

¹ The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come].

² He enters into peace; they rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.

⁵ To them will I give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.

¹ Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

⁹ Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; So does earnest counsel from a man's friend.

³⁰ The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news gives health to the bones.

¹⁷ There the wicked cease from troubling; There the weary are at rest.

¹⁰ How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine! The fragrance of your perfumes than all manner of spices!

² It is like the precious oil on the head, That ran down on the beard, Even Aaron's beard; That came down on the edge of his robes;