Ecclesiastes 7:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of laughter.

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  • 1 Sam 25:36 : 36 And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; therefore she told him nothing, little or much, until morning light.
  • 1 Sam 30:16 : 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 Sam 13:28 : 28 Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Watch now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Strike Amnon; then kill him, do not fear: have not I commanded you? Be courageous and be valiant.
  • 1 Kgs 20:16 : 16 And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings that helped him.
  • Neh 2:2-5 : 2 Therefore the king said to me, Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much afraid, 3 And said to the king, Let the king live forever. Why should my face not be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' tombs, lies waste, and its gates are consumed with fire? 4 Then the king said to me, What do you request? So I prayed to the God of heaven. 5 And I said to the king, If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' tombs, that I may rebuild it.
  • Isa 21:4 : 4 My heart pounded, fearfulness frightened me; the night that I delighted in has been turned into terror for me.
  • Isa 53:3-4 : 3 He is despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid, as it were, our faces from him; he was despised, and we did not esteem him. 4 Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we considered him stricken, struck by God, and afflicted.
  • Jer 51:39 : 39 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunk, that they may rejoice and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, says the LORD.
  • Jer 51:57 : 57 I will make her princes, wise men, captains, rulers, and mighty men drunk, and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, says the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
  • Dan 5:1-4 : 1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. 2 Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the gold and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink from them. 3 Then they brought the gold vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank from them. 4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and silver, of brass, iron, wood, and stone.
  • Dan 5:30 : 30 That very night Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans, was slain.
  • Hos 7:5 : 5 On the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he reaches out his hand with scorners.
  • Nah 1:10 : 10 For while they are entangled like thorns and while they are drunken like drunkards, they shall be devoured as fully dry stubble.
  • Matt 8:14-16 : 14 And when Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying sick with a fever. 15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered to them. 16 When evening came, they brought to him many who were possessed with demons: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all who were sick:
  • Mark 5:38-43 : 38 And he came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and saw the tumult, and those who wept and wailed greatly. 39 And when he came in, he said to them, Why do you make this commotion, and weep? The girl is not dead, but sleeping. 40 And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he took the father and the mother of the girl, and those who were with him, and entered in where the girl was lying. 41 And he took the girl by the hand, and said to her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Girl, I say to you, arise. 42 And immediately the girl arose, and walked; for she was twelve years old. And they were astonished with great astonishment. 43 And he charged them strictly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat.
  • Mark 6:21-29 : 21 And when a convenient day came, that Herod on his birthday made a supper for his lords, high captains, and chief men of Galilee; 22 And when the daughter of Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and those who sat with him, the king said to the girl, Ask of me whatever you wish, and I will give it to you. 23 And he swore to her, Whatever you ask of me, I will give it to you, up to half of my kingdom. 24 And she went out, and said to her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. 25 And she came in straightway with haste to the king, and asked, saying, I want you to give me at once on a platter the head of John the Baptist. 26 And the king was exceedingly sorry; yet because of his oath's sake, and for the sakes of those who sat with him, he would not refuse her. 27 And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison, 28 And brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl: and the girl gave it to her mother. 29 And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his body, and laid it in a tomb.
  • Luke 7:12-13 : 12 Now when he came near to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and a large crowd of the city was with her. 13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, Weep not.
  • John 11:31-35 : 31 The Jews then who were with her in the house, and comforting her, when they saw Mary get up hastily and go out, followed her, saying, She is going to the grave to weep there. 32 Then when Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, he groaned in the spirit and was troubled, 34 And said, Where have you laid him? They said to him, Lord, come and see. 35 Jesus wept.

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    5It is better 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 is the laughter of the fool; this also is vanity.

    7Surely oppression makes a wise man mad, and a bribe destroys the heart.

  • Eccl 7:2-3
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    2It 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 take it to heart.

    3Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the face the heart is made better.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the heart of fools is made known.

  • Prov 15:13-15
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    13A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

    14The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

    15All the days of the afflicted are evil, but he who has a merry heart has a continual feast.

  • Prov 14:13
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    13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

  • Eccl 10:2
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    2A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

  • Prov 14:7-9
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    7Leave the presence of a foolish man, when you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

    9Fools mock at sin, but among the righteous there is favor.

  • Prov 15:7
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    7The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the heart of the foolish does not.

  • Eccl 7:25
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    25I applied my heart to know, to search, and to seek out wisdom and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even foolishness and madness.

  • Eccl 2:14-16
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    14The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I myself perceived that the same event happens to them all.

    15So I said in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, so it happens even to me. And why was I then more wise?" Then I said in my heart, "This also is vanity."

    16For there is no more remembrance of the wise than of the fool forever, since what now is will all be forgotten in the days to come. And how does the wise man die? Just like the fool.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Folly is joy to him who is destitute of wisdom, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.

  • Eccl 1:17-18
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    17And I set my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after wind.

    18For in much wisdom is much grief, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

  • Eccl 7:9
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    9Do not be quick in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the foolishness of fools is folly.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2A fool has no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may express itself.

  • Prov 17:24
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    24Wisdom is in the sight of him who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

  • Prov 10:8
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    8The wise in heart will receive commandments, but a prating fool shall fall.

  • Prov 8:5
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    5O simple ones, understand wisdom; and you fools, be of an understanding heart.

  • Eccl 9:17
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    17The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that rules among fools.

  • Eccl 2:1-3
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    1I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure." And behold, this also is vanity.

    2I said of laughter, "It is madness," and of mirth, "What does it accomplish?"

    3I searched in my heart to give myself to wine, while guiding my heart with wisdom, and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what is good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives.

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    23A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Eccl 6:8
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    8For what has the wise more than the fool? what does the poor have, who knows to walk before the living?

  • Prov 18:15
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    15The heart of the prudent acquires knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

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    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to counsel is wise.

  • Prov 17:22
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    22A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.

  • Prov 16:22-23
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    22Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly.

    23The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no desire for it?

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    29He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 10:23
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    23It is as a sport to a fool to do mischief, but a man of understanding has wisdom.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A fool utters all his mind; but a wise man keeps it in till afterward.

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    7Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the gate.

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    24The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

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    16A wise man fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is confident.

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    13Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king who will not be admonished anymore.

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    16Every prudent man deals with knowledge, but a fool lays open his folly.

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    7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.