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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Exodus 22 23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
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.
2 Samuel 22 26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
2 Chronicles 1 12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.
Nehemiah 2 2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
Nehemiah 2 3 And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
Job 3 20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
Job 5 2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Job 5 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Job 15 2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Job 15 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
Job 20 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Job 21 17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
Job 24 12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
Job 27 19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
Job 28 12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
Job 36 13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
Job 38 36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
Job 41 22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
Psalms 2 4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision.
Psalms 16 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Psalms 22 26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
Psalms 28 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
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.
Psalms 31 10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
Psalms 32 10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
Psalms 37 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Psalms 39 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Psalms 45 5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
Psalms 49 3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
Psalms 49 10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Psalms 49 16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
Psalms 49 20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
Psalms 55 10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
Psalms 65 8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
Psalms 69 32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.
Psalms 75 4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
Psalms 97 11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
Psalms 107 17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
Psalms 126 5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
Psalms 127 5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Proverbs 1 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1 32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
Proverbs 2 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
Proverbs 2 6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
Proverbs 2 10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
Proverbs 3 3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Proverbs 3 13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
Proverbs 3 35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
Proverbs 5 11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,