Ecclesiastes 7:4

New King James Version

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, But the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

Cross References

Hosea 7:5

In the day of our king Princes have made him sick, inflamed with wine; He stretched out his hand with scoffers.

Daniel 5:30

That very night Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans, was slain.

Jeremiah 51:57

“And I will make drunk Her princes and wise men, Her governors, her deputies, and her mighty men. And they shall sleep a perpetual sleep And not awake,” says the King, Whose name is the Lord of hosts.

Jeremiah 51:39

In their excitement I will prepare their feasts; I will make them drunk, That they may rejoice, And sleep a perpetual sleep And not awake,” says the Lord.

Isaiah 21:4

My heart wavered, fearfulness frightened me; The night for which I longed He turned into fear for me.

1 Kings 20:16

So they went out at noon. Meanwhile Ben-Hadad and the thirty-two kings helping him were getting drunk at the command post.

2 Samuel 13:28

Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, “Watch now, when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon!’ then kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant.”

1 Samuel 30:16

And when he had brought him down, there they were, spread out over all the land, eating and 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.

1 Samuel 25:36

Now Abigail went to Nabal, and there he was, holding a feast 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, little or much, until morning light.

Nahum 1:10

For while tangled like thorns, And while drunken like drunkards, They shall be devoured like stubble fully dried.

Ecclesiastes 2:1

I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure”; but surely, this also was vanity.

Ecclesiastes 7:3

Sorrow is better than laughter, For by a sad countenance the heart is made better.

Ecclesiastes 7:5

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