Ecclesiastes 7:2-7

²It is better to go to a house where people are mourning about someone who has died than to go to a house where people are feasting, because everyone will die some day, and people who are alive should think seriously IDM about that.

³It is better to be sad than to be always laughing, because being sad can cause us to think more about how we should conduct our lives IDM.

⁴Wise people who go to where others are mourning think about the fact that some day they also will die, but foolish people PRS do not think about that; they are always MTY laughing.

⁵It is better to pay attention to someone who is wise rebuking you than to listen to the songs of a foolish person.

⁶By listening to foolish people laughing we will not learn any more than by listening to the crackling of thorns being burned under a pot. Listening to fools is senseless.

⁷When wise people say to others, “You must pay me a lot of money for me to protect you,” that causes those wise people to become foolish, and accepting bribes causes people to become unable to do what is fair/just.