Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. Verse ConceptsPleasure, WorldlyWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToThe Work Of FoolsThe Work Of The Wise

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. Verse ConceptsPleasure, WorldlyWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToThe Work Of FoolsThe Work Of The Wise

And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, why should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I alone am escaped to tell you. Then Job arose, and tore his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshiped, read more.
And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there: the LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them who are asleep, that you sorrow not, even as others who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also who sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not precede them who are asleep. read more.
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. Verse ConceptsPleasure, WorldlyWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToThe Work Of FoolsThe Work Of The Wise


[To the Chief Musician upon mahalath. A maschil. A Song of David.] The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that does good. Verse ConceptsAgnosticismFools, Characteristics OfCorruption, Of HumanityHeart, Of Unregenerate PeopleHeart, Fallen And RedeemedSkepticismFools, Description OfAtheism, Description OfGod Not ExistingFools Attitude To GodNothing GoodAll Have SinnedMoral Decay



The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish does not so. Verse ConceptsLipsIntellectual KnowledgeValuing Knowledge

A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. Verse ConceptsRight SidesThe Work Of The WiseLeft Hand SideFoolsDirectionNatural Disastersvulnerabilitywise

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. Verse ConceptsPleasure, WorldlyWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToThe Work Of FoolsThe Work Of The Wise

I counsel you to keep the king's commandment, and that for the sake of your oath to God. Be not hasty to go out of his presence: stand not for an evil thing; for he does whatsoever pleases him. Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What are you doing? read more.
Whosoever keeps the commandment shall experience no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerns both time and judgment.

A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. Verse ConceptsRight SidesThe Work Of The WiseLeft Hand SideFoolsDirectionNatural Disastersvulnerabilitywise


Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.