King James Version (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 7:4
“The heart of the wise [is] in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools [is] in the house of mirth.”
Verse in context — Ecclesiastes 7
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.
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