Ecclesiastes 7:2

New King James Version

Better to go to the house of mourning Than to go to the house of feasting, For that is the end of all men; And the living will take it to heart.

Cross References

Psalm 90:12

So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom.

Deuteronomy 32:29

Oh, that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!

Hebrews 9:27

And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,

Deuteronomy 32:46

and he said to them: “Set your hearts on all the words which I testify among you today, which you shall command your children to be careful to observe—all the words of this law.

Philippians 3:19

whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame—who set their mind on earthly things.

Matthew 5:4

Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted.

Haggai 1:5

Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: “Consider your ways!

Isaiah 47:7

And you said, ‘I shall be a lady forever,’ So that you did not take these things to heart, Nor remember the latter end of them.

Numbers 23:10

“Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number one-fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my end be like his!”

Malachi 2:2

If you will not hear, And if you will not take it to heart, To give glory to My name,” Says the Lord of hosts, “I will send a curse upon you, And I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have cursed them already, Because you do not take it to heart.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise man’s eyes are in his head, But the fool walks in darkness. Yet I myself perceived That the same event happens to them all.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

For there is no more remembrance of the wise than of the fool forever, Since all that now is will be forgotten in the days to come. And how does a wise man die? As the fool!

Ecclesiastes 3:19

For what happens to the sons of men also happens to animals; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other. Surely, they all have one breath; man has no advantage over animals, for all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 3:20

All go to one place: all are from the dust, and all return to dust.

Ecclesiastes 6:6

even if he lives a thousand years twice—but has not seen goodness. Do not all go to one place?

Ecclesiastes 9:2

All things come alike to all: One event happens to the righteous and the wicked; To the good, the clean, and the unclean; To him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; He who takes an oath as he who fears an oath.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: that one thing happens to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

Jeremiah 16:8

Also you shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink.”

Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living know that they will die; But the dead know nothing, And they have no more reward, For the memory of them is forgotten.