Ecclesiastes 7:2 - Catholic Public Domain Version

² A good name is better than precious ointments, and a day of death is better than a day of birth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² It is 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 lay it to his heart.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² It is 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 lay it to heart.

American Standard Version (1901)

² It is 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 lay it to his heart.

Common English Bible

² It is better to go to a house in mourning than to a house party, because that is everyone’s destiny; and the living should take it to heart.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² A good name is better than precious ointments: and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

English Standard Version 2016

² It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart.

Ecclesiastes 7:2 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 90:12

With their hands, they will carry you, lest you hurt your foot against a stone.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The eyes of a wise man are in his head. A foolish man walks in darkness. Yet I learned that one would pass away like the other.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

For there will not be a remembrance in perpetuity of the wise, nor of the foolish. And the future times will cover everything together, with oblivion. The learned die in a manner similar to the unlearned.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

For this reason, the passing away of man and of beasts is one, and the condition of both is equal. For as a man dies, so also do they die. All things breathe similarly, and man has nothing more than beast; for all these are subject to vanity.

Ecclesiastes 3:20

And all things continue on to one place; for from the earth they were made, and unto the earth they shall return together.

Ecclesiastes 6:6

Even if he were to live for two thousand years, and yet not thoroughly enjoy what is good, does not each one hurry on to the same place?

Ecclesiastes 9:2

But all things in the future remain uncertain, because all things happen equally to the just and to the impious, to the good and to the bad, to the pure and to the impure, to those who offer sacrifices and to those who despise sacrifices. As the good are, so also are sinners. As those who commit perjury are, so also are those who swear to the truth.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is a very great burden among all things that are done under the sun: that the same things happen to everyone. And when the hearts of the sons of men are filled with malice and contempt in their lives, afterwards they shall be dragged down to hell.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living know that they themselves will die, yet truly the dead know nothing anymore, nor do they have any recompense. For the memory of them is forgotten.

Isaiah 47:7

And you have said: "I will be a noblewoman forever." You have not set these things upon your heart, and you have not remembered your end.

Jeremiah 16:8

And so, you shall not enter the house of feasting, so as to sit with them, and to eat and drink."

Haggai 1:5

And now, thus says the Lord of hosts: Set your hearts upon your ways.

Malachi 2:2

If you will refuse to listen, and if you will refuse to take it to heart, so as to give glory to my name, says the Lord of hosts, I will send destitution upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yes, I will curse them. For you have not taken it to heart.

Numbers 23:10

Who can number the dust that is Jacob, and who can know the number of the stock of Israel? May my soul die a just death, and may my end be like theirs."

Matthew 5:4

Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the earth.

Deuteronomy 32:29

I wish that they would be wise and understanding, and would provide for the very end.'

Deuteronomy 32:46

And he said to them: "Set your hearts upon all the words which I am testifying to you this day. So shall you command your sons, to keep, and to do, and to fulfill all the things that have been written in this law.

Philippians 3:19

Their end is destruction; their god is their belly; and their glory is in their shame: for they are immersed in earthly things.

Hebrews 9:27

And in the same manner as it has been appointed for men to die one time, and after this, to be judged,