Ecclesiastes 7:4
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 2:1
I said to myself, "Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!" But it proved to be futile.

Ecclesiastes 7:3
Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.

Ecclesiastes 7:5
It is better to heed a wise man's rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.


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

heart



Nehemiah 2:2,5
Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid, …



Isaiah 53:3,4
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not…



Matthew 8:14-16
And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever…

the heart



1 Samuel 25:36
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.



1 Samuel 30:16
And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.



2 Samuel 13:28
Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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