2It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; inasmuch as that is the end of all men: and let the living lay it to his heart.
3Better is vexation than laughing; for through the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of joy.
5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than that a man should hear the song of fools.
6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. Also this is vanity.
7For exercising oppression maketh a wise man mad; and bribery corrupteth the heart.