Ecclesiastes 7:2 · KJV
“{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.”
— Ecclesiastes 7:2
A good name {is} better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
Sorrow {is} better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. {Sorrow: or, Anger}
Ecclesiastes 7 — Context
A good name {is} better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
2{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.
3Sorrow {is} better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. {Sorrow: or, Anger}
4The heart of the wise {is} in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools {is} in the house of mirth.
Cross References
Psalms 90:12
So teach {us} to number our days, that we may apply {our} hearts unto wisdom. {apply: Heb. cause to come}
Deuteronomy 32:29
O that they were wise, {that} they understood this, {that} they would consider their latter end!
Hebrews 9:27
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Deuteronomy 32:46
And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
Haggai 1:5
Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. {Consider...: Heb. Set your heart on your ways}
1 Peter 4:3-4
For the time past of {our} life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
Philippians 3:19
Whose end {is} destruction, whose God {is their} belly, and {whose} glory {is} in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
Matthew 5:4
Blessed {are} they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
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