Ecclesiastes 7:4

New Living Translation

A wise person thinks a lot about death, while a fool thinks only about having a good time.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:28

Absalom told his men, “Wait until Amnon gets drunk; then at my signal, kill him! Don’t be afraid. I’m the one who has given the command. Take courage and do it!”

1 Kings 20:16

About noontime, as Ben-hadad and the thirty-two allied kings were still in their tents drinking themselves into a stupor,

Ecclesiastes 2:1

I said to myself, “Come on, let’s try pleasure. Let’s look for the ‘good things’ in life.” But I found that this, too, was meaningless.

Ecclesiastes 7:3

Sorrow is better than laughter, for sadness has a refining influence on us.

Ecclesiastes 7:5

Better to be criticized by a wise person than to be praised by a fool.

Isaiah 21:4

My mind reels and my heart races. I longed for evening to come, but now I am terrified of the dark.

Jeremiah 51:39

And while they lie inflamed with all their wine, I will prepare a different kind of feast for them. I will make them drink until they fall asleep, and they will never wake up again,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:57

I will make her officials and wise men drunk, along with her captains, officers, and warriors. They will fall asleep and never wake up again!” says the King, whose name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

Daniel 5:30

That very night Belshazzar, the Babylonian king, was killed.

Hosea 7:5

On royal holidays, the princes get drunk with wine, carousing with those who mock them.

Nahum 1:10

His enemies, tangled like thornbushes and staggering like drunks, will be burned up like dry stubble in a field.

1 Samuel 25:36

When Abigail arrived home, she found that Nabal was throwing a big party and was celebrating like a king. He was very drunk, so she didn’t tell him anything about her meeting with David until dawn the next day.

1 Samuel 30:16

So he led David to them, and they found the Amalekites spread out across the fields, eating and drinking and dancing with joy because of the vast amount of plunder they had taken from the Philistines and the land of Judah.