Bible Cross References
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Ecclesiastes 7:2-6
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It is better to go to a home where there is mourning than to one where there is a party, because the living should always remind themselves that death is waiting for us all.
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Sorrow is better than laughter; it may sadden your face, but it sharpens your understanding.
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Someone who is always thinking about happiness is a fool. A wise person thinks about death.
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It is better to have wise people reprimand you than to have stupid people sing your praises.
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When a fool laughs, it is like thorns crackling in a fire. It doesn't mean a thing.
Proverbs 14:13
Laughter may hide sadness. When happiness is gone, sorrow is always there.
Isaiah 22:12
The Sovereign LORD Almighty was calling you then to weep and mourn, to shave your heads and wear sackcloth.
Isaiah 22:13
Instead, you laughed and celebrated. You killed sheep and cattle to eat, and you drank wine. You said, "We might as well eat and drink! Tomorrow we'll be dead."
Amos 6:3-6
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You refuse to admit that a day of disaster is coming, but what you do only brings that day closer.
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How terrible it will be for you that stretch out on your luxurious couches, feasting on veal and lamb!
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You like to compose songs, as David did, and play them on harps.
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You drink wine by the bowlful and use the finest perfumes, but you do not mourn over the ruin of Israel.
1 Peter 4:2-4
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From now on, then, you must live the rest of your earthly lives controlled by God's will and not by human desires.
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You have spent enough time in the past doing what the heathen like to do. Your lives were spent in indecency, lust, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and the disgusting worship of idols.
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And now the heathen are surprised when you do not join them in the same wild and reckless living, and so they insult you.