 | William Jay - Meditations - 1829 - 592 pages
...darkness. Yet " 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. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning : but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Theology - 1830 - 578 pages
...any sacred writer ;) " It is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting ; for that is the end of all men, and the living will...heart : Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,... | |
 | Jacob Neusner - Religion - 1985 - 430 pages
...verse, '[It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for this is the end of all men,] and the living will lay it to heart' (Qoh. 7 : 2) — [B] "Do [for others] that they may do for you, accompany [others to the grave]... | |
 | Zondervan - Bible - 1984 - 940 pages
...one's birth. 2 f It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: red fifty and two. 61 f And of the children of the priests: the children 3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. 4... | |
 | Helena Znaniecka Lopata - Family & Relationships - 1987 - 278 pages
...in its bodily state: 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. (Ecclesiastes, 72) Mourning customs serve two purposes: to console the bereaved as they take leave... | |
 | Jacob Neusner - Religion - 1987 - 224 pages
...is said, "It is better to go to the house of mourning [than to go to the house of feasting; for this is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to heart]" (Qoh. 7:2). T. Meg. 3:15 AR Meir said in the name of R. Aqiba, "What is the meaning of the... | |
 | Don Gifford, Robert J. Seidman - Fiction - 1988 - 704 pages
...House of mourning - "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" (Ecclesiastes 7:2). 11.911 (280:31). beetle - (Or beetlehead) is slang for blockhead. 11.927 (281:8).... | |
 | Marc G. Hirshman, Mandel Professor of Jewish Education Marc Hirshman - Religion - 1995 - 194 pages
...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." Following is Didymus' exegesis:17 "It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house... | |
 | B. C. Southam - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 292 pages
...House of Sorrow: cf. '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' (Ecclesiastes vii, ^). I. ij communion of saints: a phrase from the Apostles' Creed, in which the Christian... | |
 | David Stern, Mark Jay Mirsky - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 382 pages
...already been stated: '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.' "5 II A man should perform every religious commandment that he can, and what he cannot perform, he... | |
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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. 
