Ecclesiastes 7:3
It is betere to go to the hous of morenyng, than to the hous of a feeste; for in that hous `of morenyng the ende of alle men is monestid, and a man lyuynge thenkith, what is to comynge.
Bible (Wycliffe)
In The King James Version
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
In Context
4Yre is betere than leiyyng; for the soule of a trespassour is amendid bi the heuynesse of cheer.
Cross References
Psalms 126:5Blessid is the man, that hath fillid his desier of tho; he schal not be schent, whanne he schal speke to hise enemyes in the yate.
Jeremiah 31:8Lo! Y schal brynge hem fro the loond of the north, and Y schal gadere hem fro the fertheste partis of erthe; among whiche schulen be a blynd man, and crokid, and a womman with childe, and trauelynge of child togidere, a greet cumpeny of hem that schulen turne ayen hidur.
Jeremiah 50:4In tho daies, and in that tyme, seith the Lord, the sones of Israel schulen come, thei and the sones of Juda togidere, goynge and wepynge; thei schulen haaste, and seke her Lord God in Sion,
Daniel 10:2In tho daies Y, Danyel, mourenyde bi the daies of thre woukis;