The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.


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Proverbs 15 13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Ecclesiastes 10 2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
Ecclesiastes 1 18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Proverbs 14 13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
Proverbs 14 33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
Ecclesiastes 7 2 It 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 3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Proverbs 10 21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
Proverbs 14 3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Luke 6 45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Proverbs 15 7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
Proverbs 17 22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Proverbs 14 24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
Proverbs 15 14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
Ecclesiastes 7 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Proverbs 15 21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
Ecclesiastes 9 17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
James 4 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Proverbs 14 10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
Ecclesiastes 2 16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
Psalms 126 5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
Isaiah 65 14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
Proverbs 27 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Psalms 49 10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Proverbs 11 29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Proverbs 18 2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
Proverbs 29 3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
Matthew 12 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Proverbs 16 23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
Proverbs 15 2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
Proverbs 8 5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
Ecclesiastes 2 15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
Proverbs 14 16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
Ecclesiastes 6 8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Ecclesiastes 7 6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
Proverbs 29 9 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
Ecclesiastes 10 12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Proverbs 17 16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
Proverbs 11 2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
Proverbs 13 20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Ecclesiastes 2 14 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
Proverbs 29 2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
1 Samuel 2 33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.
Proverbs 17 21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
Ecclesiastes 7 5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Proverbs 3 35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
Psalms 30 5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Proverbs 18 12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
Ecclesiastes 11 10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
Proverbs 28 14 Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.