Ecclesiastes 7:4

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

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 drunk. And she did not tell him anything, more or less, until the morning light.

1 Samuel 30:16

And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad on 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.

2 Samuel 13:28

And Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, And watch when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Strike Amnon, you shall kill him. Do not fear. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous, and be brave.

1 Kings 20:16

And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the booths, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings who helped him.

Nehemiah 2:2-5

And the king said to me, Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much afraid.

Isaiah 21:4

My heart wanders, terror overwhelms me; He has turned the twilight of my pleasure into trembling.

Isaiah 53:3-4

He is despised and rejected of men; a Man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as it were a hiding of faces from Him, He being despised, and we esteemed Him not.

Jeremiah 51:39

In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunk so that they may rejoice and sleep a never-ending sleep, and never awaken, says Jehovah.

Jeremiah 51:57

And I will make her rulers drunk, also her wise ones, her governors, and her rulers, and her mighty men. And they shall sleep a never-ending sleep and not awaken, says the King whose name is Jehovah of Hosts.

Daniel 5:1-4

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 Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans was killed.

Hosea 7:5

In the day of our king, the rulers have sickened themselves with the heat of wine. He stretches out his hand with scorners.

Nahum 1:10

For as thorns are woven together, and as their drunkards are drunken, they shall be devoured like stubble fully dry.

Matthew 8:14-16

And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, He saw his wife's mother laid out and in a fever.

Mark 5:38-43

And He came to the synagogue ruler's and saw a tumult, and weeping and much wailing.

Mark 6:21-29

And a convenient day came, when Herod made a supper to great men on his birthday, and to the chiliarchs, and to the first ones of Galilee.

Luke 7:12-13

And drawing near the gate of the city, even behold, one having died was being carried out, an only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a considerable crowd of the city was with her.

John 11:31-35

Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw that Mary rose up hastily and went out, they followed her, saying, She is going to the tomb to weep there.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

General references

Bible References

Heart

Nehemiah 2:2
And the king said to me, Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much afraid.
Isaiah 53:3
He is despised and rejected of men; a Man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as it were a hiding of faces from Him, He being despised, and we esteemed Him not.
Matthew 8:14
And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, He saw his wife's mother laid out and in a fever.
Mark 5:38
And He came to the synagogue ruler's and saw a tumult, and weeping and much wailing.
Luke 7:12
And drawing near the gate of the city, even behold, one having died was being carried out, an only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a considerable crowd of the city was with her.
John 11:31
Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw that Mary rose up hastily and went out, they followed her, saying, She is going to the tomb to weep there.

General references

Jeremiah 16:8
Also you shall not go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.