Ecclesiastes 7:2
Verse 2 of 29. The 7th of 12 chapters in Ecclesiastes, in Poetry and Wisdom.
1A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
2It 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.
3Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 7:2 in the World English Bible
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 should take this to heart.Read Ecclesiastes 7:2 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 7:2
That it will do us more good to go to a funeral than to go to a festival (v. 2): It is better to go to the house of mourning, and there weep with those that weep, than to go to the house of feasting, to a wedding, or a wake, there to rejoice with those that do rejoice. It will do us more good, and make better impressions upon us.
Read Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 7:1–6: The Value of a Good Name.
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