Ecclesiastes 7:4

New International Version

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:28

Absalom ordered his men, “Listen! When Amnon is in high spirits from drinking wine and I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon down,’ then kill him. Don’t be afraid. Haven’t I given you this order? Be strong and brave.”

1 Kings 20:16

They set out at noon while Ben-Hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.

Ecclesiastes 2:1

I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure to find out what is good.” But that also proved to be meaningless.

Ecclesiastes 7:3

Frustration is better than laughter, because a sad face is good for the heart.

Ecclesiastes 7:5

It is better to heed the rebuke of a wise person than to listen to the song of fools.

Isaiah 21:4

My heart falters, fear makes me tremble; the twilight I longed for has become a horror to me.

Jeremiah 51:39

But while they are aroused, I will set out a feast for them and make them drunk, so that they shout with laughter— then sleep forever and not awake,” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:57

I will make her officials and wise men drunk, her governors, officers and warriors as well; they will sleep forever and not awake,” declares the King, whose name is the Lord Almighty.

Daniel 5:30

That very night Belshazzar, king of the Babylonians, was slain,

Hosea 7:5

On the day of the festival of our king the princes become inflamed with wine, and he joins hands with the mockers.

Nahum 1:10

They will be entangled among thorns and drunk from their wine; they will be consumed like dry stubble.

1 Samuel 25:36

When Abigail went to Nabal, he was in the house holding a banquet like that of a king. He was in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing at all until daybreak.

1 Samuel 30:16

He led David down, and there they were, scattered over the countryside, eating, drinking and reveling because of the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from Judah.