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
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and …
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it …
My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: …
In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep …
And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, …
And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to …
And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept …
When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the …