The [a]mind of the wise is in the house of mourning,
While the [b]mind of fools is in the house of pleasure.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:4 Lit heart
  2. Ecclesiastes 7:4 Lit heart

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,
    but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.(A)

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15 So I commended pleasure, for there is nothing good for (A)a person under the sun except to eat, drink, and be joyful, and this will stand by him in his labor throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

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15 So I commend the enjoyment of life(A), because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat and drink(B) and be glad.(C) Then joy will accompany them in their toil all the days of the life God has given them under the sun.

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