Ecc 7:1-2 | ESV | STEP | A good name is better than precious ointment , and the day of death than the day of birth .

Ecclesiastes 7:1-2

The Contrast of Wisdom and Folly

1 ^aA good name is better than precious ointment,
and ^bthe day of death than the day of birth.
2 It is better to go to the house of mourning
than to go to the house of feasting,
for this is the end of all mankind,
and the living will ^clay it to heart.