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Ecclesiastes 7:4 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

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

Ecclesiastes 7:4

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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.

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

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

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

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

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From This Chapter

Ecclesiastes 7:1

"A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth."

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