3It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the banquet house: since this is the end of every man; and the living man will apply good warning to his heart.
4Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart will be made better.
5The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
6It is better to hear a reproof of a wise man, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
7As the sound of thorns under a cauldron, so is the laughter of fools: this is also vanity.
8for oppression makes a wise man mad, and destroys his noble heart.
9The end of a matter is better than the beginning thereof: the patient is better than the high-minded.
10Be not hasty in your spirit to be angry: for anger will rest in the bosom of fools.
11Say not, What has happened, that the former days were better than these? for you do not enquire in wisdom concerning this.
Ecclesiastes 7
Ecclesiastes 7:3-11