Ecclesiastes 7:4

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Ecclesiastes 7:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible

2 It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.

3 Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.

4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.

5 It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.

6 For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.

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Nehemiah 2:2

so the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear

Nehemiah 2:3

and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”

Nehemiah 2:4

“What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven

Nehemiah 2:5

and answered the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it.”

Isaiah 53:3

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.

Isaiah 53:4

Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted.

Matthew 8:14

When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, He saw Peter’s mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever.

Matthew 8:15

So He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve them.

Matthew 8:16

When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to Jesus, and He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.

Mark 5:38

When they arrived at the house of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw the commotion and the people weeping and wailing loudly.

Mark 5:39

He went inside and asked, “Why all this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but asleep.”

Mark 5:40

And they laughed at Him. After He had put them all outside, He took the child’s father and mother and His own companions, and went in to see the child.

Mark 5:41

Taking her by the hand, Jesus said, “Talitha koum!” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”

Mark 5:42

Immediately the girl got up and began to walk around. She was twelve years old, and at once they were utterly astounded.

Mark 5:43

Then Jesus gave strict orders that no one should know about this, and He told them to give her something to eat.

Luke 7:12

As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.

Luke 7:13

When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said, “Do not weep.”

John 11:31

When the Jews who were in the house consoling Mary saw how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.

John 11:32

When Mary came to Jesus and saw Him, she fell at His feet and said, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”

John 11:33

When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.

John 11:34

“Where have you put him?” He asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they answered.

John 11:35

Jesus wept.

1 Samuel 25:36

When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.

1 Samuel 30:16

So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.

2 Samuel 13:28

Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”

1 Kings 20:16

They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.

Isaiah 21:4

My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.

Jeremiah 51:39

While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 51:57

I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.

Daniel 5:1

Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.

Daniel 5:2

Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.

Daniel 5:3

Thus they brought in the gold vessels that had been taken from the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king drank from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.

Daniel 5:4

As they drank the wine, they praised their gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.

Daniel 5:30

That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,

Hosea 7:5

The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.

Nahum 1:10

For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard— like stubble that is fully dry.

Mark 6:21

On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.

Mark 6:22

When the daughter of Herodias came and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests, and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.”

Mark 6:23

And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!”

Mark 6:24

Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”

Mark 6:25

At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”

Mark 6:26

The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.

Mark 6:27

So without delay, the king commanded that John’s head be brought in. He sent an executioner, who went and beheaded him in the prison.

Mark 6:28

The man brought John’s head on a platter and presented it to the girl, who gave it to her mother.

Mark 6:29

When John’s disciples heard about this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.