Ecclesiastes 7:2
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.
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better

Genesis 48:1
Some time later, Joseph was told, "Your father is ill." So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

Genesis 49:2
Come together and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.

Genesis 50:15-17
When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him." . . .

Job 1:4, 5
Job's sons would take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. . . .

Isaiah 5:11, 12
Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine. . . .

Isaiah 22:12-14
On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth. . . .

Amos 6:3-6
You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence. . . .

Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

Matthew 14:6
On Herod's birthday, however, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod

1 Peter 4:3, 4
For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the pagans: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry. . . .

that

Numbers 23:10
Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!"

Deuteronomy 32:29
If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.

Romans 6:21, 22
What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death. . . .

Philippians 3:19
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

Hebrews 9:27
Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,

living

Deuteronomy 32:46
he said to them, "Take to heart all these words I testify among you today, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.

Isaiah 47:7
You said, 'I will be queen forever.' You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.

Haggai 1:5
Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says: "Think carefully about your ways.

Malachi 2:2
"If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name, " says the LORD of Hosts, "I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
It is better to go to a house of mourning Than to go to a house of feasting, Because that is the end of every man, And the living takes it to heart.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, since that is the end of all mankind, and the living should take it to heart.

International Standard Version
It's better to attend a funeral than to attend a banquet, for everyone dies eventually, and the living will take this to heart.

NET Bible
It is better to go to a funeral than a feast. For death is the destiny of every person, and the living should take this to heart.
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