“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.”
Ecclesiastes 7:2 (BSB)
Context Reading
1A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth. 2It 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. 3Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart. 4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.