Ecclesiastes 7:2

People Generally Do Not Know What Is Best For Them

¹ A good name [is] better than precious ointment, and the day of death [is better] than the day of one's birth. ² Better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for [death is] the end of every person, and the living should take [it] to his heart. ³ Sorrow [is] better than laughter, for by sadness of countenance the heart is made good.

Take It to Heart

Psalm 90:12

So teach [us] to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

Genesis 48:1-22

And it happened [that] after these things, it was said to Joseph, "Behold, your father [is] ill." And he took his two sons with him, Ephraim and Manasseh.

Genesis 49:2-33

Assemble and hear, O sons of Jacob! Listen to Israel your father!

Genesis 50:15-17

And when the brothers of Joseph saw that their father [was] dead, they said, "It may be [that] Joseph will hold a grudge against us and pay us back dearly for all the evil that we did to him."

Numbers 23:10

Who can count the dust of Jacob, or [as] a number the fourth part of Israel? Let my life die the death of an upright person, and let my end be like his!"

Deuteronomy 32:29

If only they were wise, they would understand this; they would discern {for themselves their end}.

Deuteronomy 32:46

then he said to them, "{Take to heart all the words} that I [am] admonishing [against] you {today} [concerning] which you should instruct them [with respect to] your children {so that they will observe diligently} all the words of this law,

Job 1:4-5

And his sons used to go and hold a feast {at each other's house} on his day, and they would send, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

Isaiah 5:11-12

Ah! Those who rise early in the morning, they pursue strong drink. Those who linger in the evening, wine inflames them.

Isaiah 22:12-14

And the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, called on that day for weeping and mourning, and for baldness and girding {with} sackcloth.

Isaiah 47:7

And you said, "I shall be an eternal mistress forever!" You did not set these [things] upon your heart; you did not remember its end.

Amos 6:3-6

You that put off the day of disaster and bring near a reign of violence!

Haggai 1:5

And so then, thus says Yahweh of hosts: '{Consider your ways}!

Malachi 2:2

If you will not listen, and if you will not {take it to heart} to give glory to my name," says Yahweh of hosts, "then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings; moreover I have [already] cursed them because {you are not taking it to heart}.

Matthew 5:4

Blessed [are] the ones who mourn, because they will be comforted.

Matthew 14:6-12

But [when] Herod's birthday celebration took place, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst [of them] and pleased Herod.

Romans 6:21-22

Therefore what sort of fruit did you have then, about which you are now ashamed? For the end of those [things] [is] death.

Philippians 3:19

whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is] the stomach, and [whose] glory [is] in their shame, the ones who think on earthly things.

Hebrews 9:27

And {just as} it is destined for people to die once, and after this, judgment,

1 Peter 4:3-4

For the time that has passed [was] sufficient {to do what the Gentiles desire to do}, having lived in licentiousness, [evil] desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties, and wanton idolatries,