Ecclesiastes 7:2

Bible in Basic English 1965

It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.

Cross References

Psalm 90:12

So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the foolish man goes walking in the dark; but still I saw that the same event comes to them all.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

Of the wise man, as of the foolish man, there is no memory for ever, seeing that those who now are will have gone from memory in the days to come. See how death comes to the wise as to the foolish!

Ecclesiastes 3:19

Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose.

Ecclesiastes 3:20

All go to one place, all are of the dust, and all will be turned to dust again.

Ecclesiastes 6:6

And though he goes on living a thousand years twice over and does not see good, are not the two going to the same place?

Ecclesiastes 9:2

Because to all there is one event, to the upright man and to the evil, to the clean and to the unclean, to him who makes an offering and to him who makes no offering; as is the good so is the sinner; he who takes an oath is as he who has fear of it.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after thatto the dead.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

The living are conscious that death will come to them, but the dead are not conscious of anything, and they no longer have a reward, because there is no memory of them.

Isaiah 47:7

And you said, I will be a queen for ever: you did not give attention to these things, and did not keep in mind what would come after.

Jeremiah 16:8

And you are not to go into the house of feasting, or be seated with them to take food or drink.

Haggai 1:5

For this cause the Lord of armies has said, Give thought to your ways.

Malachi 2:2

If you will not give ear and take it to heart, to give glory to my name, says the Lord of armies, then I will send the curse on you and will put a curse on your blessing: truly, even now I have put a curse on it, because you do not take it to heart.

Numbers 23:10

Who is able to take the measure of the dust of Jacob or the number of the thousands of Israel? May my death be the death of the upright and my last end like his!

Matthew 5:4

Happy are those who are sad: for they will be comforted.

Deuteronomy 32:29

If only they were wise, if only this was clear to them, and they would give thought to their future!

Deuteronomy 32:46

Moses said to them, Let the words which I have said to you today go deep into your hearts, and give orders to your children to do every word of this law.

Philippians 3:19

Whose end is destruction, whose god is the stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, whose minds are fixed on the things of the earth.

Hebrews 9:27

And because by God's law death comes to men once, and after that they are judged;