Verse 4
Ecclesiastes 7:4
Darby Translation
4
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools in the house of mirth.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לֵ֤ב חֲכָמִים֙ בְּ/בֵ֣ית אֵ֔בֶל וְ/לֵ֥ב כְּסִילִ֖ים בְּ/בֵ֥ית שִׂמְחָֽה
English Translation
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of joy.
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Chapter 7 Context
1
A [good] name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
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It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: in that that is the...
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Vexation is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
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The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools in the house of mirth.
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It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise, than to hear the song of fools.
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For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
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Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad, and a gift destroyeth the heart.
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Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; better is a patient spirit than a proud spirit.
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9
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be vexed; for vexation resteth in the bosom of fools.
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10
Say not, How is it that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely con...
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Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, and profitable to them that see the sun.
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12
For wisdom is a defence [as] money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, [that] wisdom m...
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13
Consider the work of God (Elohim); for who can make straight what he hath made crooked?
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14
In the day of prosperity enjoy good, and in the day of adversity consider: God (Elohim) hath also se...
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All [this] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a righteous [man] that perisheth by his ri...
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Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
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Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
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It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from that withdraw not thy hand: for he...
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Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty [men] that are in a city.
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Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not.
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21
Also give not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee.
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For also thine own heart knoweth that oftentimes thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
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All this have I tried by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
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Whatever hath been, is far off, and exceeding deep: who will find it out?
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I turned, I and my heart, to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom and reason, and to know wic...
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and I found more bitter than death the woman whose heart is nets and snares, [and] whose hands are b...
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See this which I have found, saith the Preacher, [searching] one by one to find out the reason;
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which my soul yet seeketh, and I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found, but a woman...
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Only see this which I have found: that God (Elohim) made man upright, but they have sought out many...
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