Ecclesiastes 9:8
Let your clothing be white at all times, and let not your head be without oil.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
In Context
Cross References
Ruth 3:3So take a bath, and, after rubbing your body with sweet oil, put on your best robe, and go down to the grain-floor; but do not let him see you till he has come to the end of his meal.
2 Samuel 19:24And Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son, came down for the purpose of meeting the king; his feet had not been cared for or his hair cut or his clothing washed from the day when the king went away till the day when he came back in peace.
Psalms 23:5You make ready a table for me in front of my haters: you put oil on my head; my cup is overflowing.
Amos 6:6Drinking wine in basins, rubbing themselves with the best oils; but they have no grief for the destruction of Joseph.
Luke 7:46You put no oil on my head: but she has put perfume on my feet.
Revelation 7:9After these things I saw a great army of people more than might be numbered, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and languages, taking their places before the high seat and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and with branches in their hands,
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 9:5-11
The Consequences of Death; The Proper Enjoyment of Life. 4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. 6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. 7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink… Read the whole commentary →