Ecclesiastes 7:2
It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.
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Ecclesiastes 7:2
It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.
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Ecclesiastes 7:1
A good name is better than oil of great price, and the day of death than the day of birth.
Ecclesiastes 7:2
It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.
Ecclesiastes 7:3
Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.
Ecclesiastes 7:4
The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.
Ecclesiastes 7:5
It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.
Ecclesiastes 7:6
Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose.
Ecclesiastes 2:2
Of laughing I said, It is foolish; and of joy--What use is it?
Ecclesiastes 10:19
A feast is for laughing, and wine makes glad the heart; but by the one and the other money is wasted.
Genesis 43:34
And Joseph sent food to them from his table, but he sent five times as much to Benjamin as to any of the others. And they took wine freely with him.
Proverbs 14:13
Even while laughing the heart may be sad; and after joy comes sorrow.
Ecclesiastes 7:8
The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.
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Ecclesiastes 12:13
This is the last word. All has been said. Have fear of God and keep his laws; because this is right for every man.
Ecclesiastes 3:11
He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last.
Ecclesiastes 2:24
There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God.
Ecclesiastes 3:13
And for every man to take food and drink, and have joy in all his work, is a reward from God.
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Job 5:17
Truly, that man is happy who has training from the hand of God: so do not let your heart be shut to the teaching of the Ruler of all.
Job 23:10
For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.
Job 34:31
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Psalms 119:67
Before I was in trouble I went out of the way; but now I keep your word.
Zechariah 13:9
And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.
2 Corinthians 4:17
For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;
Hebrews 12:11
At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.
Revelation 7:14
And I said to him, My lord, you have knowledge. And he said to me, These are they who came through the great testing, and their robes have been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb.
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Psalms 90:12
So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom.
Isaiah 57:1
The upright man goes to his death, and no one gives a thought to it; and god-fearing men are taken away, and no one is troubled by it; for the upright man is taken away because of evil-doing, and goes into peace.
Deuteronomy 32:29
If only they were wise, if only this was clear to them, and they would give thought to their future!
Ecclesiastes 8:16
When I gave my mind to the knowledge of wisdom and to seeing the business which is done on the earth (and there are those whose eyes see not sleep by day or by night),
Ecclesiastes 9:1
All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them.
Malachi 2:2
If you will not give ear and take it to heart, to give glory to my name, says the Lord of armies, then I will send the curse on you and will put a curse on your blessing: truly, even now I have put a curse on it, because you do not take it to heart.
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Hebrews 9:27
And because by God's law death comes to men once, and after that they are judged;
Job 30:23
For I am certain that you will send me back to death, and to the meeting-place ordered for all living.
Ecclesiastes 9:5
The living are conscious that death will come to them, but the dead are not conscious of anything, and they no longer have a reward, because there is no memory of them.
1 Peter 4:7
But the end of all things is near: so be serious in your behaviour and keep on the watch with prayer;
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Job 2:11
And Job's three friends had word of all this evil which had come on him. And they came every one from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. So they came together to a meeting-place, in order that they might go and make clear to Job their grief for him, and give him comfort.
John 11:31
Then the Jews who were with her in the house, comforting her, when they saw Mary get up quickly and go out, went after her in the belief that she was going to the place of the dead and would be weeping there.
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Jeremiah 16:7
No one will make a feast for them in sorrow, to give them comfort for the dead, or put to their lips the cup of comfort on account of their father or their mother.
Jeremiah 16:8
And you are not to go into the house of feasting, or be seated with them to take food or drink.
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Isaiah 22:12
And in that day the Lord, the Lord of armies, was looking for weeping, and cries of sorrow, cutting off of the hair, and putting on the clothing of grief:
Isaiah 22:13
But in place of these there was joy and delight, oxen and sheep were being made ready for food, there was feasting and drinking: men said, Now is the time for food and wine, for tomorrow death comes.
Amos 6:4
Who are resting on beds of ivory, stretched out on soft seats, feasting on lambs from the flock and young oxen from the cattle-house;
Amos 6:5
Making foolish songs to the sound of corded instruments, and designing for themselves instruments of music, like David;
Amos 6:6
Drinking wine in basins, rubbing themselves with the best oils; but they have no grief for the destruction of Joseph.
1 Peter 4:3
Because for long enough, in times past, we have been living after the way of the Gentiles, given up to the desires of the flesh, to drinking and feasting and loose behaviour and unclean worship of images;
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