Ecclesiastes 7:4

The heart of the wise in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools in the house of mirth.

— The Restored Word Bible

Context

2 better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that the end of all men; and the living will lay to his heart.

3 Sorrow better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

4 The heart of the wise in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools in the house of mirth.

5 better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so the laughter of the fool: this also vanity.

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