Ecclesiastes 7:4
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
חָכָם
châkâm
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
כְּסִיל
kᵉçîyl
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
שִׂמְחָה
simchâh
blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)
Key Terms in This Verse
לֵב lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Study H3820 →לֵב lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Study H3820 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →Cross References
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In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.
And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philis...
And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.
My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
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In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageou...
For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
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