Ecclesiastes 7:4

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.

Cross References (18)

  • Matthew 8:14–16 (5)

    When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, He saw Peter’s mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever.

  • Luke 7:12–13 (4)

    As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. An

  • 1 Samuel 25:36 (4)

    When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drun

  • Mark 6:21–29 (3)

    On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading

  • Daniel 5:1–4 (3)

    Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.

  • Daniel 5:30 (3)

    That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,

  • Mark 5:38–43 (3)

    When they arrived at the house of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw the commotion and the people weeping and wailing loudl

  • Isaiah 53:3–4 (3)

    He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, H

  • 1 Kings 20:16 (3)

    They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.

  • 1 Samuel 30:16 (3)

    So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the

  • Nehemiah 2:2–5 (3)

    so the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was o

  • Jeremiah 51:39 (3)

    While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then the

  • Isaiah 21:4 (3)

    My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight I desired has turned to horror.

  • Hosea 7:5 (3)

    The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.

  • John 11:31–35 (3)

    When the Jews who were in the house consoling Mary saw how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing

  • Jeremiah 51:57 (3)

    I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall aslee

  • 2 Samuel 13:28 (2)

    Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike A

  • Nahum 1:10 (1)

    For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry.