Ecclesiastes 7:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴ The heart of the wise is in a house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in a house of pleasure.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth and sensual joy.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

Common English Bible

⁴ The wise heart is in the house that mourns, but the foolish heart is in the house that rejoices.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Anger is better than laughter. For through the sadness of the countenance, the soul of one who offends may be corrected.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ Anger is better than laughter: because by the sadness of the countenance the mind of the offender is corrected.

Ecclesiastes 7:4 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 13:28

Now Absalom commanded his young men, ‘Watch Amnon until he is in a good mood from the wine. When I order you to strike Amnon, then kill him. Don’t be afraid. Am I not the one who has commanded you? Be strong and valiant! ’

1 Kings 20:16

They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the thirty-two kings  who were helping him were getting drunk in their quarters.

Ecclesiastes 2:1

I said to myself, ‘Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure;  enjoy what is good.’ But it turned out to be futile.

Ecclesiastes 7:3

Grief is better than laughter, for when a face is sad, a heart may be glad.

Ecclesiastes 7:5

It is better to listen to rebuke from a wise person than to listen to the song of fools,

Isaiah 21:4

My heart staggers; horror terrifies me. He has turned my last glimmer of hope into sheer terror.

Jeremiah 51:39

While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they celebrate.  , Then they will fall asleep for ever and never wake up. This is the  Lord’s declaration.

Jeremiah 51:57

I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep for ever and never wake up. This is the King’s declaration; the Lord of Armies is his name.

Daniel 5:30

That very night Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans was killed,

Hosea 7:5

On the day of our king, the princes are sick with the heat of wine   – there is a conspiracy with traitors.

Nahum 1:10

For they will be consumed like entangled thorns, like the drink of a drunkard and like straw that is fully dry.

1 Samuel 25:36

Then Abigail went to Nabal, and there he was in his house, holding a feast fit for a king.  Nabal’s heart was cheerful,  and he was very drunk, so she didn’t say anything  to him  until morning light.

1 Samuel 30:16

So he led him, and there were the Amalekites, spread out over the entire area, eating, drinking, and celebrating because of the great amount of plunder  they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.