Ecclesiastes 7:4

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:28

But Absalom had instructed his attendants: “Now watch! When Amnon is merry with wine and I say to you, ‘Kill Amnon,’ put him to death. Do not be afraid, for it is I who order you to do it. Be strong and act like warriors.” Death of Amnon.

1 Kings 20:16

They marched out at noon, while Ben-hadad was drinking heavily in the pavilions with the thirty-two kings who were his allies.

Ecclesiastes 2:1

I said in my heart, “Come, now, let me try you with pleasure and the enjoyment of good things.” See, this too was vanity.

Ecclesiastes 7:3

Sorrow is better than laughter; when the face is sad, the heart grows wise.

Ecclesiastes 7:5

It is better to listen to the rebuke of the wise than to listen to the song of fools;

Isaiah 21:4

My mind reels, shuddering assails me; The twilight I yearned for he has turned into dread.

Jeremiah 51:39

When they are parched, I will set drink before them to make them drunk, that they may be overcome with everlasting sleep, never to awaken— oracle of the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:57

I will make her princes and sages drunk, with her governors, officers, and warriors, so that they sleep an everlasting sleep, never to awaken—oracle of the King, whose name is Lord of hosts.

Daniel 5:30

That very night Belshazzar, the Chaldean king, was slain:

Hosea 7:5

On the day of our king, they made the princes sick with poisoned wine; he extended his hand to the scoffers.

Nahum 1:10

Like a thorny thicket, they are tangled, and like drunkards, they are drunk; like dry stubble, they are utterly consumed.

1 Samuel 25:36

When Abigail came to Nabal, he was hosting a banquet in his house like that of a king, and Nabal was in a festive mood and very drunk. So she said not a word to him until daybreak the next morning.

1 Samuel 30:16

So he led them down, and there were the Amalekites lounging all over the ground, eating, drinking, and celebrating because of all the rich plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah. The Plunder Recovered.