Ecclesiastes 7:1

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.

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

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

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

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.

Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

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

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.

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.

The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.

And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him;

Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;