Ecclesiastes 7:4

Modern English Version

The heart of those who are wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of those who are foolish is in the house of feasting.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:28

Now, Absalom had commanded his servant, “Look for Amnon to become carefree on account of the wine. Then I will say to you, ‘Strike Amnon, and kill him.’ Do not be afraid, for am not I myself commanding you? Be strong and brave.”

1 Kings 20:16

They went out at noon. But Ben-hadad and the thirty-two kings who helped him were getting drunk in the pavilions.

Ecclesiastes 2:1

And I said in my heart, “Come, and I will test you with selfish pleasures; enjoy your desires.” And notice that this too is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 7:3

Grief is better than laughter, for by sadness of countenance the heart considers the good.

Ecclesiastes 7:5

It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to listen to the song of fools.

Isaiah 21:4

My heart panted, fearfulness overwhelmed me; the night for which I longed has turned into trembling for me.

Jeremiah 51:39

When they become heated up, I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunk, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not awake, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:57

I will make her officials drunk, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men; and they will sleep a perpetual sleep, and not awake, says the King whose name is the Lord of Hosts.

Daniel 5:30

That same night Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans was slain.

Hosea 7:5

On the day of our king the princes made him sick from the heat of wine. He stretched out his hand with scorners.

Nahum 1:10

Because they are like interwoven thorns and as drunkards imbibing, they are consumed like completely dry stubble.

1 Samuel 25:36

Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was feasting 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 until the morning light.

1 Samuel 30:16

When he brought him down, behold, they were spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil which they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.