Ecclesiastes 7:4

The wise dwell on the sobering reality of mourning, while fools are absorbed in mirth. It matters because where our hearts settle reveals whether we live wisely or foolishly.

Cross-references · 18

• Matt 8:14–16When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, He saw Peter’s mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever.
• 1 Sam 25:36When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
• Luke 7:12–13As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.
• Hos 7:5The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.
• Isa 53:3–4He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
• 1 Sam 30:16So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.
• Mark 5:38–43When they arrived at the house of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw the commotion and the people weeping and wailing loudly.
• Isa 21:4My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.
• 1 Kgs 20:16They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.
• Mark 6:21–29On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.
• Dan 5:30That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,
• Jer 51:57I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
• Neh 2:2–5so 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 overwhelmed with fear
• John 11:31–35When the Jews who were in the house consoling Mary saw how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.
• Dan 5:1–4Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.
• Jer 51:39While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.
• 2 Sam 13:28Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”
• Nah 1:10For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry.

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