Ecclesiastes 7:1

¹A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of death better than the day of birth.a

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Ecclesiastes 7 marks a pivot from the Teacher's earlier despair toward practical wisdom for living under the sun. The chapter opens with a series of proverbs contrasting the value of sorrow with frivolity, then moves into reflections on the crookedness of life, the limits of human w

References· Ecclesiastes 7

a: v.1 — Revelation 14:13, Proverbs 22:1, Ecclesiastes 4:2, 2 Corinthians 5:8, Philippians 1:21-23, 2 Corinthians 5:1, Song of Solomon 1:3, Proverbs 27:9, Ecclesiastes 10:1, Job 3:17
b: v.3 — 2 Corinthians 7:9-11, Romans 5:3-4, James 4:8-10, 2 Corinthians 4:17, Hebrews 12:10-11, Jeremiah 31:15-20, John 16:20-22, James 1:2-4, Luke 6:21, Psalms 119:71
c: v.5 — Proverbs 15:31-32, Psalms 141:5, Revelation 3:19, Proverbs 9:8, Proverbs 17:10, Proverbs 13:18, Proverbs 13:13, Proverbs 27:6, Psalms 69:12
d: v.7 — Deuteronomy 16:19, Exodus 23:8, Proverbs 17:23, Proverbs 17:8, Ecclesiastes 4:1, 1 Samuel 8:3, Isaiah 1:23, Deuteronomy 28:33-34, Deuteronomy 28:65, 1 Samuel 12:3
e: v.8 — Hebrews 10:36, Psalms 126:5-6, Proverbs 14:29, 1 Peter 1:13, James 5:11, Proverbs 15:18, James 5:8, Luke 21:19, Galatians 5:22, Proverbs 16:32
f: v.9 — James 1:19, Proverbs 14:17, Ephesians 4:26-27, Proverbs 16:32, Proverbs 26:23-26, Esther 3:5-6, Genesis 34:7-8, 2 Samuel 13:22, 1 Samuel 25:21-22, Genesis 34:30-31
g: v.13 — Ecclesiastes 1:15, Job 12:14, Psalms 107:43, Ecclesiastes 3:11, Isaiah 5:12, Isaiah 14:27, Ephesians 1:11, Romans 9:15, Isaiah 43:13, Romans 9:19
h: v.14 — Ecclesiastes 3:4, Ecclesiastes 3:22, Ecclesiastes 12:13, Deuteronomy 8:3, James 5:13, Deuteronomy 28:47, Isaiah 26:11, Jeremiah 23:20, Matthew 9:13, 2 Chronicles 33:12-13
i: v.16 — Romans 12:3, Proverbs 25:16, Colossians 2:18, Matthew 6:1-7, James 3:13-17, 1 Corinthians 3:18, Ecclesiastes 12:12, Genesis 3:6, Colossians 2:23, Luke 18:12
j: v.17 — Proverbs 10:27, Psalms 55:23, Job 22:16, Acts 12:23, Acts 5:5, Acts 5:10, Genesis 38:7-10, 1 Samuel 25:38, Job 15:32-33, James 1:21
k: v.20 — Romans 3:23, Isaiah 53:6, 1 John 1:8-10, James 3:2, 1 Kings 8:46, Proverbs 20:9, Job 15:14-16, Isaiah 64:6, 2 Chronicles 6:36, Psalms 143:2
l: v.26 — Proverbs 22:14, Proverbs 5:3-5, Proverbs 2:16, Ecclesiastes 2:26, Proverbs 2:18-19, Proverbs 23:27-28, Proverbs 7:21-27, Judges 16:18-21, Proverbs 9:18
m: v.29 — Jeremiah 4:22, Genesis 6:11-12, Mark 7:8-9, Genesis 5:1, Titus 3:3, Psalms 99:8, Ephesians 2:2-3, Genesis 1:26-27, Genesis 6:5-6, Psalms 106:39

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