Ecclesiastes 7:4

Bible in Basic English 1965

The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:28

Now Absalom had given orders to his servants, saying, Now take note when Amnon's heart is glad with wine; and when I say to you, Make an attack on Amnon, then put him to death without fear: have I not given you orders? be strong and without fear.

1 Kings 20:16

And in the middle of the day they went out. But Ben-hadad was drinking in the tents with the thirty-two kings who were helping him.

Ecclesiastes 2:1

I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test; so take your pleasurebut it was to no purpose.

Ecclesiastes 7:3

Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.

Ecclesiastes 7:5

It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.

Isaiah 21:4

My mind is wandering, fear has overcome me: the evening of my desire has been turned into shaking for me.

Jeremiah 51:39

When they are heated, I will make a feast for them, and overcome them with wine, so that they may become unconscious, sleeping an eternal sleep without awaking, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:57

And I will make her chiefs and her wise men, her rulers and her captains and her men of war, overcome with wine; their sleep will be an eternal sleep without awaking, says the King; the Lord of armies is his name.

Daniel 5:30

That very night Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldaeans, was put to death.

Hosea 7:5

On the day of our king, the rulers made him ill with the heat of wine; his hand was stretched out with the men of pride.

Nahum 1:10

For though they are like twisted thorns, and are overcome as with drink, they will come to destruction like stems of grass fully dry.

1 Samuel 25:36

And Abigail went back to Nabal; and he was feasting in his house like a king; and Nabal's heart was full of joy, for he had taken much wine; so she said nothing to him till dawn came.

1 Samuel 30:16

And when he had taken him down, they saw them all, seated about on all sides, feasting and drinking among all the mass of goods which they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.