A moment in scripture
Ecclesiastes 7:3
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Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
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The surrounding passage
- Ecclesiastes 7:1
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
- Ecclesiastes 7:2
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.
- Ecclesiastes 7:4
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
- Ecclesiastes 7:5
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.