7 A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

¹³ And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

22 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

² Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

⁸ We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

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

²² But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.

²³ For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

5 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

57 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

² He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

10 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.

⁹ Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.