Verse 2
It is better{H2896} to go{H3212} to the house{H1004} of mourning{H60} than to go{H3212} to the house{H1004} of feasting:{H4960} for{H834} that is the end{H5490} of all men;{H120} and the living{H2416} will lay{H5414} it to his heart.{H3820}
Referenced Verses
- Ps 90:12 : 12 So teach{H3045} us to number{H4487} our days,{H3117} That we may get{H935} us a heart{H3824} of wisdom.{H2451}
- Isa 5:11-12 : 11 Woe{H1945} unto them that rise up early{H7925} in the morning,{H1242} that they may follow{H7291} strong drink;{H7941} that tarry{H309} late into the night,{H5399} till wine{H3196} inflame{H1814} them! 12 And the harp{H3658} and the lute,{H5035} the tabret{H8596} and the pipe,{H2485} and wine,{H3196} are [in] their feasts;{H4960} but they regard{H5027} not the work{H6467} of Jehovah,{H3068} neither have they considered{H7200} the operation{H4639} of his hands.{H3027}
- Isa 22:12-14 : 12 And in that day{H3117} did the Lord,{H136} Jehovah{H3069} of hosts,{H6635} call{H7121} to weeping,{H1065} and to mourning,{H4553} and to baldness,{H7144} and to girding{H2296} with sackcloth:{H8242} 13 and behold, joy{H8342} and gladness,{H8057} slaying{H2026} oxen{H1241} and killing{H7819} sheep,{H6629} eating{H398} flesh{H1320} and drinking{H8354} wine:{H3196} let us eat{H398} and drink,{H8354} for to-morrow{H4279} we shall die.{H4191} 14 And Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} revealed{H1540} himself in mine ears,{H241} Surely this iniquity{H5771} shall not be forgiven{H3722} you till ye die,{H4191} saith{H559} the Lord,{H136} Jehovah{H3069} of hosts.{H6635}
- Isa 47:7 : 7 And thou saidst,{H559} I shall be mistress{H1404} for ever;{H5769} so that thou didst not lay{H7760} these things to thy heart,{H3820} neither didst remember{H2142} the latter end{H319} thereof.
- Amos 6:3-6 : 3 —ye that put far away{H5077} the evil{H7451} day,{H3117} and cause the seat{H7675} of violence{H2555} to come near;{H5066} 4 that lie{H7901} upon beds{H4296} of ivory,{H8127} and stretch{H5628} themselves upon their couches,{H6210} and eat{H398} the lambs{H3733} out of the flock,{H6629} and the calves{H5695} out of the midst{H8432} of the stall;{H4770} 5 that sing{H6527} idle songs to the sound{H6310} of the viol;{H5035} that invent{H2803} for themselves instruments{H3627} of music,{H7892} like David;{H1732} 6 that drink{H8354} wine{H3196} in bowls,{H4219} and anoint{H4886} themselves with the chief{H7225} oils;{H8081} but they are not grieved{H2470} for the affliction{H7667} of Joseph.{H3130}
- Hag 1:5 : 5 Now therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts:{H6635} Consider{H7760} your ways.{H1870}
- Mal 2:2 : 2 If ye will not hear,{H8085} and if ye will not lay{H7760} it to heart,{H3820} to give{H5414} glory{H3519} unto my name,{H8034} saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} then will I send{H7971} the curse{H3994} upon you, and I will curse{H779} your blessings;{H1293} yea, I have cursed{H779} them already, because ye do not lay{H7760} it to heart.{H3820}
- Matt 5:4 : 4 Blessed{G3107} are they that mourn:{G3996} for{G3754} they{G846} shall be comforted.{G3870}
- Matt 14:6-9 : 6 But when{G1161} Herod's{G2264} birthday{G1077} came,{G71} the daughter{G2364} of Herodias{G2266} danced{G3738} in the{G3319} midst,{G1722} and{G2532} pleased{G700} Herod.{G2264} 7 Whereupon{G3606} he promised{G3670} with{G3326} an oath{G3727} to give{G1325} her{G846} whatsoever{G3739} she{G1437} should ask.{G154} 8 And{G1161} she, being put forward{G4264} by{G5259} her{G846} mother,{G3384} saith,{G5346} Give{G1325} me{G3427} here{G5602} on{G1909} a platter{G4094} the head{G2776} of John{G2491} the Baptist.{G910} 9 And{G2532} the king{G935} was grieved;{G3076} but{G1161} for{G1223} the sake{G3727} of his oaths, and{G2532} of them that sat at meat{G4873} with him, he commanded{G2753} it to be given;{G1325} 10 and{G2532} he sent{G3992} and beheaded{G607} John{G2491} in{G1722} the prison.{G5438} 11 And{G2532} his{G846} head{G2776} was brought{G5342} on{G1909} a platter,{G4094} and{G2532} given{G1325} to the damsel:{G2877} and{G2532} she brought{G5342} it to{G3384} her{G846} mother.{G3384} 12 And{G2532} his{G846} disciples{G3101} came,{G4334} and took up{G142} the corpse,{G4983} and{G2532} buried{G2290} him;{G846} and{G2532} they went{G2064} and told{G518} Jesus.{G2424}
- Rom 6:21-22 : 21 What{G5101} fruit{G2590} then{G5119} had ye{G2192} at that time in{G1909} the things whereof{G3739} ye are{G1870} now{G3568} ashamed?{G1870} for{G1063} the end{G5056} of those things{G1565} is death.{G2288} 22 But{G1161} now{G3570} being made free{G1659} from{G575} sin{G266} and{G1161} become servants{G1402} to God,{G2316} ye have{G2192} your{G5216} fruit{G2590} unto{G1519} sanctification,{G38} and{G1161} the end{G5056} eternal{G166} life.{G2222}
- Phil 3:19 : 19 whose{G3739} end{G5056} is perdition,{G684} whose{G3739} god{G2316} is the belly,{G2836} and{G2532} [whose] glory{G1391} is in{G1722} their{G846} shame,{G152} who{G3588} mind{G5426} earthly things.{G1919}
- Heb 9:27 : 27 And{G2532} {G2596} inasmuch as{G3745} it is appointed{G606} unto men{G444} once{G530} to die,{G599} and{G1161} after{G3326} this{G5124} [cometh] judgment;{G2920}
- 1 Pet 4:3-4 : 3 For{G1063} the time{G5550} past{G3928} {G979} may suffice{G713} {G2254} to have wrought{G2716} the desire{G2307} of the Gentiles,{G1484} and to have walked{G4198} in{G1722} lasciviousness,{G766} lusts,{G1939} winebibbings,{G3632} revellings,{G2970} carousings,{G4224} and{G2532} abominable{G111} idolatries:{G1495} 4 wherein{G1722} {G3739} they think it strange{G3579} that ye{G5216} run{G4936} not{G3361} with{G1519} [them] into{G1519} the same{G846} excess{G401} of riot,{G810} speaking evil{G987} of [you]:
- Gen 48:1-9 : 1 And it came to pass after{H310} these things,{H1697} that one said{H559} to Joseph,{H3130} Behold, thy father{H1} is sick:{H2470} and he took{H3947} with him his two{H8147} sons,{H1121} Manasseh{H4519} and Ephraim.{H669} 2 And one told{H5046} Jacob,{H3290} and said,{H559} Behold, thy son{H1121} Joseph{H3130} cometh{H935} unto thee: and Israel{H3478} strengthened{H2388} himself, and sat{H3427} upon the bed.{H4296} 3 And Jacob{H3290} said{H559} unto Joseph,{H3130} God{H410} Almighty{H7706} appeared{H7200} unto me at Luz{H3870} in the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667} and blessed{H1288} me, 4 and said{H559} unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful,{H6509} and multiply{H7235} thee, and I will make{H5414} of thee a company{H6951} of peoples,{H5971} and will give{H5414} this land{H776} to thy seed{H2233} after thee{H310} for an everlasting{H5769} possession.{H272} 5 And now thy two{H8147} sons,{H1121} who were born{H3205} unto thee in the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} before{H5704} I came{H935} unto thee into Egypt,{H4714} are mine; Ephraim{H669} and Manasseh,{H4519} even as Reuben{H7205} and Simeon,{H8095} shall be mine. 6 And thy issue,{H4138} that thou begettest{H3205} after{H310} them, shall be thine; they shall be called{H7121} after{H5921} the name{H8034} of their brethren{H251} in their inheritance.{H5159} 7 And as for me, when I came{H935} from Paddan,{H6307} Rachel{H7354} died{H4191} by me in the land{H776} of Canaan{H3667} in the way,{H1870} when{H5750} there was still some{H3530} distance{H776} to come{H935} unto Ephrath:{H672} and I buried her{H6912} there in the way{H1870} to Ephrath{H672} (the same is Beth-lehem).{H1035} 8 And Israel{H3478} beheld{H7200} Joseph's{H3130} sons,{H1121} and said,{H559} Who are these? 9 And Joseph{H3130} said{H559} unto his father,{H1} They are my sons,{H1121} whom God{H430} hath given{H5414} me here. And he said,{H559} Bring them,{H3947} I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless{H1288} them. 10 Now the eyes{H5869} of Israel{H3478} were dim{H3513} for age,{H2207} so that he could{H3201} not see.{H7200} And he brought them near{H5066} unto him; and he kissed{H5401} them, and embraced{H2263} them. 11 And Israel{H3478} said{H559} unto Joseph,{H3130} I had not thought{H6419} to see{H7200} thy face:{H6440} and, lo, God{H430} hath let me see{H7200} thy seed{H2233} also. 12 And Joseph{H3130} brought them out{H3318} from between{H5973} his knees;{H1290} and he bowed{H7812} himself with his face{H639} to the earth.{H776} 13 And Joseph{H3130} took{H3947} them both,{H8147} Ephraim{H669} in his right hand{H3225} toward Israel's{H3478} left hand,{H8040} and Manasseh{H4519} in his left hand{H8040} toward Israel's{H3478} right hand,{H3225} and brought them near{H5066} unto him. 14 And Israel{H3478} stretched out{H7971} his right hand,{H3225} and laid{H7896} it upon Ephraim's{H669} head,{H7218} who was the younger,{H6810} and his left hand{H8040} upon Manasseh's{H4519} head,{H7218} guiding{H7919} his hands{H3027} wittingly;{H7919} for Manasseh{H4519} was the first-born.{H1060} 15 And he blessed{H1288} Joseph,{H3130} and said,{H559} The God{H430} before{H6440} whom my fathers{H1} Abraham{H85} and Isaac{H3327} did walk,{H1980} the God{H430} who hath fed{H7462} me all my life long{H5750} unto this day,{H3117} 16 the angel{H4397} who hath redeemed{H1350} me from all evil,{H7451} bless{H1288} the lads;{H5288} and let my name{H8034} be named{H8034} on them, and the name{H8034} of my fathers{H1} Abraham{H85} and Isaac;{H3327} and let them grow{H1711} into a multitude{H7230} in the midst{H7130} of the earth.{H776} 17 And when Joseph{H3130} saw{H7200} that his father{H1} laid{H7896} his right{H3225} hand{H3027} upon the head{H7218} of Ephraim,{H669} it displeased{H3415} him: and he held up{H8551} his father's{H1} hand,{H3027} to remove{H5493} it from Ephraim's{H669} head{H7218} unto Manasseh's{H4519} head.{H7218} 18 And Joseph{H3130} said{H559} unto his father,{H1} Not so, my father;{H1} for this is the first-born;{H1060} put{H7760} thy right hand{H3225} upon his head.{H7218} 19 And his father{H1} refused,{H3985} and said,{H559} I know{H3045} [it], my son,{H1121} I know{H3045} [it]; he also shall become a people,{H5971} and he also shall be great:{H1431} howbeit{H199} his younger{H6996} brother{H251} shall be greater{H1431} than he, and his seed{H2233} shall become a multitude{H4393} of nations.{H1471} 20 And he blessed{H1288} them that day,{H3117} saying,{H559} In thee will Israel{H3478} bless,{H1288} saying,{H559} God{H430} make{H7760} thee as Ephraim{H669} and as Manasseh:{H4519} and he set{H7760} Ephraim{H669} before{H6440} Manasseh.{H4519} 21 And Israel{H3478} said{H559} unto Joseph,{H3130} Behold, I die:{H4191} but God{H430} will be with you, and bring you again{H7725} unto the land{H776} of your fathers.{H1} 22 Moreover I have given{H5414} to thee one{H259} portion{H7926} above thy brethren,{H251} which I took{H3947} out of the hand{H3027} of the Amorite{H567} with my sword{H2719} and with my bow.{H7198}
- Gen 49:2-9 : 2 Assemble yourselves,{H6908} and hear,{H8085} ye sons{H1121} of Jacob;{H3290} And hearken{H8085} unto Israel{H3478} your father.{H1} 3 Reuben,{H7205} thou art my first-born,{H1060} my might,{H3581} and the beginning{H7225} of my strength;{H202} The pre-eminence{H3499} of dignity,{H7613} and the pre-eminence{H3499} of power.{H5794} 4 Boiling{H6349} over as water,{H4325} thou shalt not have the pre-eminence;{H3498} Because thou wentest up{H5927} to thy father's{H1} bed;{H4904} Then defiledst thou{H2490} it: he went up{H5927} to my couch.{H3326} 5 Simeon{H8095} and Levi{H3878} are brethren;{H251} Weapons{H3627} of violence{H2555} are their swords.{H4380} 6 O my soul,{H5315} come{H935} not thou into their council;{H5475} Unto their assembly,{H6951} my glory,{H3519} be not thou united;{H3161} For in their anger{H639} they slew{H2026} a man,{H376} And in their self-will{H7522} they hocked{H6131} [ an ox.]{H7794} 7 Cursed{H779} be their anger,{H639} for it was fierce;{H5794} And their wrath,{H5678} for it was cruel:{H7185} I will divide{H2505} them in Jacob,{H3290} And scatter{H6327} them in Israel.{H3478} 8 Judah,{H3063} thee shall thy brethren{H251} praise:{H3034} Thy hand{H3027} shall be on the neck{H6203} of thine enemies;{H341} Thy father's{H1} sons{H1121} shall bow down{H7812} before thee. 9 Judah{H3063} is a lion's{H738} whelp;{H1482} From the prey,{H2964} my son,{H1121} thou art gone up:{H5927} He stooped down,{H3766} he couched{H7257} as a lion,{H3833} And as a lioness;{H3833} who shall rouse him up?{H6965} 10 The sceptre{H7626} shall not depart{H5493} from Judah,{H3063} Nor the ruler's{H2710} staff from between his feet,{H7272} Until{H3588} Shiloh{H7886} come;{H935} And unto him shall the obedience{H3349} of the peoples{H5971} be. 11 Binding{H631} his foal{H5895} unto the vine,{H1612} And his ass's{H860} colt{H1121} unto the choice vine;{H8321} He hath washed{H3526} his garments{H3830} in wine,{H3196} And his vesture{H5497} in the blood{H1818} of grapes:{H6025} 12 His eyes{H5869} shall be red{H2447} with wine,{H3196} And his teeth{H8127} white{H3836} with milk.{H2461} 13 Zebulun{H2074} shall dwell{H7931} at the haven{H2348} of the sea;{H3220} And he shall be for a haven{H2348} of ships;{H591} And his border{H3411} shall be upon Sidon.{H6721} 14 Issachar{H3485} is a strong{H1634} ass,{H2543} Couching down{H7257} between the sheepfolds:{H4942} 15 And he saw{H7200} a resting-place{H4496} that it was good,{H2896} And the land{H776} that it was pleasant;{H5276} And he bowed{H5186} his shoulder{H7926} to bear,{H5445} And became a servant{H5647} under taskwork.{H4522} 16 Dan{H1835} shall judge{H1777} his people,{H5971} As one{H259} of the tribes{H7626} of Israel.{H3478} 17 Dan{H1835} shall be a serpent{H5175} in the way,{H1870} An adder{H8207} in the path,{H734} That biteth{H5391} the horse's{H5483} heels,{H6119} So that his rider{H7392} falleth{H5307} backward.{H268} 18 I have waited for{H6960} thy salvation,{H3444} O Jehovah.{H3068} 19 Gad,{H1410} a troop{H1416} shall press{H1464} upon him; But he shall press{H1464} upon their heel.{H6119} 20 Out of Asher{H836} his bread{H3899} shall be fat,{H8082} And he shall yield{H5414} royal{H4428} dainties.{H4574} 21 Naphtali{H5321} is a hind{H355} let loose:{H7971} He giveth{H5414} goodly{H8233} words.{H561} 22 Joseph{H3130} is a fruitful{H6509} bough,{H1121} A fruitful{H6509} bough{H1121} by a fountain;{H5869} His branches{H1323} run{H6805} over the wall.{H7791} 23 The archers{H1167} have sorely grieved him,{H4843} And shot{H7232} at him, and persecuted him:{H7852} 24 But his bow{H7198} abode{H3427} in strength,{H386} And the arms{H2220} of his hands{H3027} were made strong,{H6339} By the hands{H3027} of the Mighty{H46} One of Jacob{H3290} (From thence is the shepherd,{H7462} the stone{H68} of Israel),{H3478} 25 Even by the God{H410} of thy father,{H1} who shall help{H5826} thee, And by{H854} the Almighty,{H7706} who shall bless{H1288} thee, With blessings{H1293} of heaven{H8064} above,{H5920} Blessings{H1293} of the deep{H8415} that coucheth{H7257} beneath, Blessings{H1293} of the breasts,{H7699} and of the womb.{H7356} 26 The blessings{H1293} of thy father{H1} Have prevailed{H1396} above the blessings{H1293} of my progenitors{H2029} Unto the utmost bound{H8379} of the everlasting{H5769} hills:{H1389} They shall be on the head{H7218} of Joseph,{H3130} And on the crown of the head{H6936} of him that was separate{H5139} from his brethren.{H251} 27 Benjamin{H1144} is a wolf{H2061} that raveneth:{H2963} In the morning{H1242} he shall devour{H398} the prey,{H5706} And at even{H6153} he shall divide{H2505} the spoil.{H7998} 28 All these are the twelve{H6240} tribes{H7626} of Israel:{H3478} and this is it that their father{H1} spake{H1696} unto them and blessed{H1288} them; every{H834} one{H376} according to his blessing{H1293} he blessed{H1288} them. 29 And he charged{H6680} them, and said{H559} unto them, I am to be gathered{H622} unto my people:{H5971} bury{H6912} me with my fathers{H1} in the cave{H4631} that is in the field{H7704} of Ephron{H6085} the Hittite,{H2850} 30 in the cave{H4631} that is in the field{H7704} of Machpelah,{H4375} which is before{H6440} Mamre,{H4471} in the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667} which Abraham{H85} bought{H7069} with the field{H7704} from Ephron{H6085} the Hittite{H2850} for a possession{H272} of a burying-place.{H6913} 31 There they buried{H6912} Abraham{H85} and Sarah{H8283} his wife;{H802} there they buried{H6912} Isaac{H3327} and Rebekah{H7259} his wife;{H802} and there I buried{H6912} Leah—{H3812} 32 the field{H7704} and the cave{H4631} that is therein, which was purchased{H4735} from the children{H1121} of Heth.{H2845} 33 And when Jacob{H3290} made an end{H3615} of charging{H6680} his sons,{H1121} he gathered up{H622} his feet{H7272} into the bed,{H4296} and yielded up the ghost,{H1478} and was gathered{H622} unto his people.{H5971}
- Gen 50:15-17 : 15 And when Joseph's{H3130} brethren{H251} saw{H7200} that their father{H1} was dead,{H4191} they said,{H559} It may be{H3863} that Joseph{H3130} will hate us,{H7852} and will fully{H7725} requite{H7725} us all the evil{H7451} which we did{H1580} unto him. 16 And they sent a message{H6680} unto Joseph,{H3130} saying,{H559} Thy father{H1} did command{H6680} before{H6440} he died,{H4194} saying,{H559} 17 So shall ye say{H559} unto Joseph,{H3130} Forgive,{H5375} I pray thee{H577} now, the transgression{H6588} of thy brethren,{H251} and their sin,{H2403} for that they did{H1580} unto thee evil.{H7451} And now, we pray thee, forgive{H5375} the transgression{H6588} of the servants{H5650} of the God{H430} of thy father.{H1} And Joseph{H3130} wept{H1058} when they spake{H1696} unto him.
- Num 23:10 : 10 Who can count{H4487} the dust{H6083} of Jacob,{H3290} Or number{H4557} the fourth{H7255} part of Israel?{H3478} Let me die{H4191} the death{H4194} of the righteous,{H3477} And let my last{H319} end be like his!
- Deut 32:29 : 29 Oh that{H3863} they were wise,{H2449} that they understood{H7919} this, That they would consider{H995} their latter end!{H319}
- Deut 32:46 : 46 And he said{H559} unto them, Set{H7760} your heart{H3824} unto all the words{H1697} which I testify{H5749} unto you this day,{H3117} which ye shall command{H6680} your children{H1121} to observe{H8104} to do,{H6213} [even] all the words{H1697} of this law.{H8451}
- Job 1:4-5 : 4 And his sons{H1121} went{H1980} and held a feast{H4960} in the house of each{H376} one{H376} upon his day;{H3117} and they sent{H7971} and called{H7121} for their three{H7969} sisters{H269} to eat{H398} and to drink{H8354} with them. 5 And it was so, when the days{H3117} of their feasting{H4960} were gone about,{H5362} that Job{H347} sent{H7971} and sanctified{H6942} them, and rose up early{H7925} in the morning,{H1242} and offered{H5927} burnt-offerings{H5930} according to the number{H4557} of them all: for Job{H347} said,{H559} It may be{H194} that my sons{H1121} have sinned,{H2398} and renounced{H1288} God{H430} in their hearts.{H3824} Thus did{H6213} Job{H347} continually.{H3117}