Ecclesiastes 7:1-6 — Legacy Standard Bible

Wisdom and Folly Contrasted

7Better is a ^agood name than good oil,And better is the ^bday of one’s death than the day of one’s birth.²Better to go to a house of mourningThan to go to a house of feastingBecause ¹that is the ^aend of all mankind,And the living ^bputs this in his heart.³^aBetter is vexation than laughter,For ^bwhen a face is sad a heart may be merry.⁴The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,While the heart of fools is in the house of gladness.⁵Better to ^alisten to the rebuke of a wise manThan for one to listen to the song of fools.⁶For as the crackling sound of ^athorn bushes under a pot,So is the ^blaughter of the fool;And this too is vanity.