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.”
It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
Cross-References
“And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;”
“I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.”
“And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.”
“In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.”
“In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.”