The eye that sees rightly rejoices the heart, and a good report fattens the bones.

A fair name is better than much wealth, and good favor is above silver and gold.

I will give to them in My house and within My walls an honorable place, better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, and it shall not fail.

Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice because your names have been written in heaven."

For by it the elders obtained witness.

And all these, having obtained witness through their faith, did not receive the promise,

Pestilent flies will corrupt a preparation of sweet ointment; [and] a little wisdom is more precious than great glory of folly.

[It is] as ointment on the head, that ran down to the beard, [even] the beard of Aaron; that ran down to the fringe of his clothing.

The heart delights in ointments and wines and perfumes, but the soul is broken by calamities.

And the smell of your ointments is better than all spices: your name is ointment poured forth; therefore do the young maidens love you.

How beautiful are your breasts, my sister, my spouse! How much more beautiful are your breasts than wine, and the smell of your garments than all spices!

And after supper, the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray Him,

And I praised all the dead that had already died more than the living, as many as are alive until now.

There the ungodly have burnt out the fury of rage; there the wearied in body rest.

See how the just man has perished, and no one lays [it] to heart; and righteous men are taken away, and no one considers; for the righteous has been removed out of the way of injustice.

His burial shall be in peace; he has been removed out of the way.

For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made by hand, eternal in the heavens.

but we are confident and prefer rather to be away from home from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

For to me, to live [is] Christ, and to die [is] gain.

For I am hard pressed by the two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ, which is far better.

And I heard a voice out of 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, and their works follow with them."