Ecclesiastes 7:1-6 - People Generally Do Not Know What Is Best For Them

¹ Better a name, than precious ointment, - and the day of death, than the day of one's birth. ² Better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of banqueting, for, that, is the end of all men, - and, the living, should take it to his heart. ³ Better is grief than laughter, - for, by the marring of the face, amended is the heart. ⁴ The heart of the wise, is in the house of mourning, but, the heart of dullards, in the house of mirth. ⁵ Better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for any man to hear the song of dullards, ⁶ For, as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so, is the laughter of the dullard, - even this, then, was vanity.