Ecclesiastes 7:4
Ecclesiastes · Old Testament · Chapter 7
“The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.”Ecclesiastes 7:4
What Does Ecclesiastes 7:4 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 7:4 is found in the book of Ecclesiastes, chapter 7, verse 4 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Ecclesiastes 7:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Matthew 8:14“And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother laid, and sick of a fever.”1 Samuel 25:36“And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.”Luke 7:12“Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.”1 Samuel 30:16“And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.”1 Kings 20:16“And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.”Nehemiah 2:2“Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,”Isaiah 21:4“My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.”Isaiah 53:3“He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.”Jeremiah 51:39“In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.”Jeremiah 51:57“And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.”Daniel 5:1“Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.”Daniel 5:30“In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.”Hosea 7:5“In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.”Mark 5:38“And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.”Mark 6:21“And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;”John 11:31“The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.”2 Samuel 13:28“Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.”1 Kings 1:41“And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?”Ecclesiastes 2:1“I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.”Nahum 1:10“For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.”
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