Ecclesiastes 7:1 - 7:6

Better is a good name than good oil,

And better is the day of one’s death than the day of one’s birth.

Better to go to a house of mourning

Than to go to a house of feasting

Because that is the end of all mankind,

And the living puts this in his heart.

Better is vexation than laughter,

For when a face is sad a heart may be merry.

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,

While the heart of fools is in the house of gladness.

Better to listen to the rebuke of a wise man

Than for one to listen to the song of fools.

For as the crackling sound of thorn bushes under a pot,

So is the laughter of the fool;

And this too is vanity.