Ecclesiastes 7:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²It 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 7:2 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 90:12
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Deuteronomy 32:29
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
Deuteronomy 32:46
And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
Hebrews 9:27
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Haggai 1:5
Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.

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Afflictions and Adversities Bereavement Condolence Dead (people)Death Dying Life Man

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-6)

In these verses Solomon lays down some great truths which seem paradoxes to the unthinking part, that is, the far greatest part, of mankind. I. That the honour of virtue is really more valuable and desirable than all the wealth and pleasure in this world (Eccl. 7:1): A good name is before good ointment (so it may be read); it is preferable to it, and will be rather chosen by all that are wise. Goo…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

2. Proving that it is not a sensual enjoyment of earthly goods which is meant in Ec 3:13; 5:18. A thankful use of these is right, but frequent feasting Solomon had found dangerous to piety in his own case. So Job’s fear (Ec 1:4, 5). The house of feasting often shuts out thoughts of God and eternity. The sight of the dead in the “house of mourning” causes “the living” to think of their own “end.”