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Ecclesiastes 7:2 (KJV)

“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.”

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Ecclesiastes 7 — surrounding verses

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 the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

6

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

7

Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

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