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

The

לֵב

lêb

H3820

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

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of the

חָכָם

châkâm

H2450

wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)

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is in the

בַּיִת

bayith

H1004

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

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of

אֵבֶל

ʼêbel

H60

lamentation

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but the

לֵב

lêb

H3820

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

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of

כְּסִיל

kᵉçîyl

H3684

properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly

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is in the

בַּיִת

bayith

H1004

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

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of

שִׂמְחָה

simchâh

H8057

blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)

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Key Terms in This Verse

mirth H8057

שִׂמְחָה simchâh

blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)

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fools H3684

כְּסִיל kᵉçîyl

properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly

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mourning H60

אֵבֶל ʼêbel

lamentation

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wise H2450

חָכָם châkâm

wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)

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heart 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

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heart 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

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house H1004

בַּיִת bayith

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

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house H1004

בַּיִת bayith

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

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Cross References

1 Samuel 25:36 cross-reference

And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or...

Hosea 7:5 cross-reference

In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.

Jeremiah 51:39 cross-reference

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.

1 Samuel 30:16 cross-reference

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...

1 Kings 20:16 cross-reference

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.

Isaiah 21:4 cross-reference

My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.

Jeremiah 51:57 cross-reference

And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of h...

Daniel 5:30 cross-reference

In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.

2 Samuel 13:28 cross-reference

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...

Nahum 1:10 cross-reference

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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