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.
Bible References
Heart
Matthew 8:14
And Jesus, coming into the house of Peter, saw his mother-in-law prostrate, and sick with fever;
Mark 5:38
And they come to the house of the synagogue-ruler; and He beholds a tumult, and people weeping and wailing greatly.
Luke 7:12
And, as He came near to the gate of the city, behold, also there was being carried out one dead, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a large crowd of the city was with her.
John 11:31
The Jews, therefore, who were with her in the house, and were comforting her, seeing Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb, to weep there.