Ecclesiastes 7:4DRA

Catholic Bible · DRA · Verse 4 of 29

"The heart of the wise in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools in the house of mirth."
Ecclesiastes 7:4

In context

2better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that the end of all men; and the living will lay to his heart.

3Sorrow better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

4The heart of the wise in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools in the house of mirth.

5better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so the laughter of the fool: this also vanity.

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