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
So the king said to me, “Why is your face sad though you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of heart.” Then I was very much afraid.
Isaiah 53:3 He was despised and forsaken of men,
A man ofsorrows and acquainted with grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He wasdespised, and we did not esteem Him.
A man of
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was
Matthew 8:14 When Jesus came into Peter’s home, He saw his mother-in-law lying sick in bed with a fever.
Mark 5:38
They *came to the house of the synagogue official; and He *saw a commotion, and people loudly weeping and wailing.
Luke 7:12
Now as He approached the gate of the city, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a sizeable crowd from the city was with her.
John 11:31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and consoling her, when they saw that Mary got up quickly and went out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
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Jeremiah 16:8
Moreover you shall not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and drink.”