Ecclesiastes 7:2
Ecclesiastes · Old Testament · Chapter 7
“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.”Ecclesiastes 7:2
What Does Ecclesiastes 7:2 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 7:2 is found in the book of Ecclesiastes, chapter 7, verse 2 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Death & Afterlife.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Ecclesiastes 7:2 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 90:12“So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.”James 4:9“Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.”Ecclesiastes 9:5“For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.”Deuteronomy 32:29“O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!”Jeremiah 16:8“Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.”Hebrews 9:27“And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:”1 Peter 4:7“But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.”Deuteronomy 32:46“And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.”Esther 1:10“On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,”Ecclesiastes 2:2“I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?”Ecclesiastes 9:2“All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.”Haggai 1:5“Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.”Philippians 3:19“Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)”1 Peter 4:3“For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:”Genesis 48:1“And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.”Genesis 49:2“Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.”Genesis 50:15“And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.”Numbers 23:10“Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!”Job 1:4“And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.”Ecclesiastes 2:14“The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.”
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