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.
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Bible References
Heart
Nehemiah 2:2
And the king said to me, Why is thy face sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sadness of heart. And I was very sore afraid.
Isaiah 53:3
He is despised and left alone of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief, and like one from whom men hide their faces; despised, and we esteemed him not.
Matthew 8:14
And when Jesus had come to Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law laid down and in a fever;
Mark 5:38
And he comes to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and sees the tumult, and people weeping and wailing greatly.
Luke 7:12
And as he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she a widow, and a very considerable crowd of the city was with her.
John 11:31
The Jews therefore who were with her in the house and consoling her, seeing Mary that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, She goes to the tomb, that she may weep there.
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Jeremiah 16:8
And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting, to sit with them, to eat and to drink.