Ecclesiastes 7:4
The heart of the wise is in the mourning house: but the heart of the foolishe is in the house of myrth.
Bible (Bishops')
In The 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.
In Context
3Grauitie is better then to laugh: for when the countenaunce is heauie, the heart is refourmed.
5It is better to geue eare to the chastening of a wyse man, then to heare the songue of fooles:
Cross References
Isaiah 53:3He is dispised and abhorred of men, he is such a man as hath good experience of sorowes and infirmities: We haue reckened hym so vile, that we hyd our faces from hym.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 7:2-7
The Value of a Good Name. 1 A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. 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. 3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. 5 It is better to hear the rebuke of… Read the whole commentary →