Ecclesiastes 7:4
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Context
This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 7 connects to 10 cross-references. A collection of wisdom observations including: a good name is better than precious ointment and the day of death is better than the day of birth. The Preacher declares he found one upright man in a thousand but not one …
Other Translations
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
The heart of the wise <FI>is<Fi> in a house of mourning, And the heart of fools in a house of mirth.
The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.
Cross References
And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; …
And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and …
Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I …
And they went out at noon. But Ben–hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the …
Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else …
And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy …
My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it …
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and …
In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep …