Ecclesiastes 7:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.”
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“It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Better to go unto a house of mourning, Than to go unto a house of banqueting, For that is the end of all men, And the living layeth <FI>it<Fi> unto his heart.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 7:2 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 48:1Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
- Genesis 49:2Come together and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.
- Genesis 50:15When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.”
- Numbers 23:10Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”
- Deuteronomy 32:29If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
- Deuteronomy 32:46he said to them, “Take to heart all these words I testify among you today, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.
- Job 1:4Job’s sons would take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
- Psalms 90:12So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
- Ecclesiastes 9:5For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.
- Isaiah 5:11Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
- Isaiah 22:12On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
- Isaiah 47:7You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.
- Amos 6:3You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.
- Haggai 1:5Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.
- Malachi 2:2If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.
- Matthew 5:4Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
- Matthew 14:6On Herod’s birthday, however, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod
- Romans 6:21What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
- Philippians 3:19Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
- Hebrews 9:27Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
- 1 Peter 4:3For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
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