Ecclesiastes 7:1-6

¹A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.

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 should take this to heart.

³Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.

⁴The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

⁵It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.

⁶For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.