Ecclesiastes 7:4
Yre is betere than leiyyng; for the soule of a trespassour is amendid bi the heuynesse of cheer.
Bible (Wycliffe)
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
5The herte of wise men is where sorewe is; and the herte of foolis is where gladnesse is.
Cross References
Isaiah 53:3and we desiriden hym, dispisid, and the laste of men, a man of sorewis, and knowynge sikenesse. And his cheer was as hid and dispisid; wherfor and we arettiden not hym.
Jeremiah 51:57And Y schal make drunkun the princis therof, and the wise men therof, the duykis therof, and the magistratis therof, and the stronge men therof; and thei schulen slepe euerlastynge sleep, and thei schulen not be awakid, seith the kyng, the Lord of oostis is name of hym.
Daniel 5:30In the same niyt Balthasar, the kyng of Caldeis, was slayn;