Ecclesiastes 9:8
Let your garments be white at all times, and let not oil be absent from your head.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
In Context
Cross References
Ruth 3:3Therefore, wash and anoint yourself, and put on your decorative garments, and go down to the threshing floor, but do not let the man see you, while he finishes eating and drinking.
2 Samuel 19:24And Mephibosheth, the son of Saul, descended to meet the king, with unwashed feet and uncut beard. And he had not washed his garments from the day that the king had departed, until the day of his return in peace.
Psalms 23:5He will receive a blessing from the Lord, and mercy from God, his Savior.
Amos 6:6You drink wine in bowls, and you anoint with the best ointments; and they suffer nothing over the grief of Joseph.
Luke 7:46You did not anoint my head with oil. But she has anointed my feet with ointment.
Revelation 7:9After these things, I saw a great crowd, which no one could number, from all the nations and tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and in sight of the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm 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 →