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 will say to me, Wherefore thy face sad, and thou not being, sick? This nothing but sadness of heart. And I shall be very greatly afraid.
Isaiah 53:3
He was despised and forsaken of men; a man of griefs and knowing affliction: and as hiding the faces from him; he was despised and we regarded him not
Matthew 8:14
And Jesus, having come into Peter's house, saw his mother-in-law having been laid up, and affected with fever.
Mark 5:38
And he comes to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and sees an uproar, they weeping and wailing much.
Luke 7:12
And as he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, he dead was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she a widow; and a sufficient crowd of the city was with her.
John 11:31
Then the Jews being in the house with her, and consoling her, having seen Mary, that she rose quickly and went forth, followed her, saying, That she retires to the tomb, that she might weep there.
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Jeremiah 16:8
And to the house of drinking thou shalt not go in to sit with them to eat and to drink.