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
The king said to me, "Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart." Then I was very much afraid.
Isaiah 53:3
He was despised, and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and familiar with illness; and as one from whom men hide their face. He was despised, and we did not value him.
Matthew 8:14
And when Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying sick with a fever.
Mark 5:38
And they came to the synagogue ruler's house, and he saw an uproar, weeping, and great wailing.
Luke 7:12
Now when he drew near to the gate of the city, just then a man who was dead was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. Many people of the city were with her.
John 11:31
Then the Judeans who were with her in the house, and were consoling her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
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Jeremiah 16:8
You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.