Smiling faces make you happy, and good news makes you feel better.

If you have to choose between a good reputation and great wealth, choose a good reputation.

then your name will be remembered in my Temple and among my people longer than if you had sons and daughters. You will never be forgotten."

But don't be glad because the evil spirits obey you; rather be glad because your names are written in heaven."

It was by their faith that people of ancient times won God's approval.

What a record all of these have won by their faith! Yet they did not receive what God had promised,

Dead flies can make a whole bottle of perfume stink, and a little stupidity can cancel out the greatest wisdom.

It is like the precious anointing oil running down from Aaron's head and beard, down to the collar of his robes.

Perfume and fragrant oils make you feel happier, but trouble shatters your peace of mind.

There is a fragrance about you; the sound of your name recalls it. No woman could keep from loving you.

Your love delights me, my sweetheart and bride. Your love is better than wine; your perfume more fragrant than any spice.

Jesus and his disciples were at supper. The Devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, the thought of betraying Jesus.

I envy those who are dead and gone; they are better off than those who are still alive.

In the grave wicked people stop their evil, and tired workers find rest at last.

Good people die, and no one understands or even cares. But when they die, no calamity can hurt them.

Those who live good lives find peace and rest in death.

For we know that when this tent we live in---our body here on earth---is torn down, God will have a house in heaven for us to live in, a home he himself has made, which will last forever.

We are full of courage and would much prefer to leave our home in the body and be at home with the Lord.

For what is life? To me, it is Christ. Death, then, will bring more.

I am pulled in two directions. I want very much to leave this life and be with Christ, which is a far better thing;

Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write this: Happy are those who from now on die in the service of the Lord!" "Yes indeed!" answers the Spirit. "They will enjoy rest from their hard work, because the results of their service go with them."