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. Cross References Psalm 90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom. Ecclesiastes 2:14 The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both. Ecclesiastes 2:16 For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool! Ecclesiastes 3:19 For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other--they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile. Ecclesiastes 3:20 All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust. Ecclesiastes 6:6 even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place? Ecclesiastes 9:2 It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a vow. Ecclesiastes 9:3 This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead. Jeremiah 16:8 You must not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down with them to eat and drink. Treasury of Scripture 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. better Genesis 48:1 Genesis 49:2 Genesis 50:15-17 that Numbers 23:10 Deuteronomy 32:29 Romans 6:21,22 living Deuteronomy 32:46 Isaiah 47:7 Haggai 1:5 |