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