Ecclesiastes 7:3

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting: for in that we are put in mind of the end of all, and the living thinketh what is to come.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 4:17

For that which is at present momentary and light of our tribulation, worketh for us above measure exceedingly an eternal weight of glory.

Luke 6:25

Woe to you that are filled: for you shall hunger. Woe to you that now laugh: for you shall mourn and weep.

Luke 6:21

Blessed are ye that hunger now: for you shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for you shall laugh.

Ecclesiastes 2:2

Laughter I counted error: and to mirth I said: Why art thou vainly deceived?

Ecclesiastes 7:4

Anger is better than laughter: because by the sadness of the countenance the mind of the offender is corrected.