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title: "Ecclesiastes 7:4-6 KJV - \"The heart of the wise is in the house...\" | Real Bible Believers"
description: "\"The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. It is better to hear the rebuk\" — Read Ecclesiastes 7:4-6 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon."
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## Ecclesiastes 7:4-6 in Context (Verses 1–9 KJV)
 
 [1 ](/kjv/ecclesiastes/7/1) A good name *is* better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
 
 [2 ](/kjv/ecclesiastes/7/2) ¶ *It is* better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that *is* the end of all men; and the living will lay *it* to his heart.
 
 [3 ](/kjv/ecclesiastes/7/3) Sorrow *is* better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.*
 
 [4 ](/kjv/ecclesiastes/7/4) The heart of the wise *is* in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools *is* in the house of mirth.
 
 [5 ](/kjv/ecclesiastes/7/5) *It is* better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
 
 [6 ](/kjv/ecclesiastes/7/6) For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so *is* the laughter of the fool: this also *is* vanity.*
 
 [7 ](/kjv/ecclesiastes/7/7) ¶ Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
 
 [8 ](/kjv/ecclesiastes/7/8) Better *is* the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: *and* the patient in spirit *is* better than the proud in spirit.
 
 [9 ](/kjv/ecclesiastes/7/9) Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
 
[Ecclesiastes 6](/kjv/ecclesiastes/6) [Ecclesiastes 8](/kjv/ecclesiastes/8)

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