Cross references
Ecclesiastes 7:1
A good name is better than fine perfume,
and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.
Ecclesiastes 7:1 has 19 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Revelation 14:13 (17 votes) and Proverbs 22:1 (16 votes). 6 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Genesis 44 to Revelation 14.
Which verses does Ecclesiastes 7:1 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Revelation 14:1317 votes
And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”
- Proverbs 22:116 votes
A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.
- Ecclesiastes 4:29 votes
So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.
- 2 Corinthians 5:88 votes
We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
- 2 Corinthians 5:16 votes
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
- Philippians 1:21–236 votes
For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. So what shall I choose? I do not know. …
- Proverbs 27:94 votes
Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the counsel of a friend is sweetness to the soul.
- Song of Solomon 1:34 votes
The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.
- Ecclesiastes 10:13 votes
As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
- Job 3:172 votes
There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.
- Proverbs 15:302 votes
- Isaiah 56:52 votes
- Isaiah 57:1–22 votes
- Psalm 133:21 vote
- Luke 10:201 vote
- John 13:21 vote
- Song of Solomon 4:100 votes
- Hebrews 11:20 votes
- Hebrews 11:390 votes
Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 7:1?
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