Ecclesiastes 7:2-5 (7:3) It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the banquet house: since this is the end of every man; and the living man will apply good warning to his heart.

Brenton⁽ⁱ⁾ ² ^(7:3) It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the banquet house: since this is the end of every man; and the living man will apply good warning to his heart. ³ ^(7:4) Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart will be made better. ⁴ ^(7:5) The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. ⁵ ^(7:6) It is better to hear a reproof of a wise man, than for a man to hear the song of fools.