Ecclesiastes 7:1-4 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

1. A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of one’s death than the day of one’s birth.

2. It is better to go to a house of mourningthan to go to a house of feasting,since that is the end of all mankind,and the living should take it to heart.

3. Grief is better than laughter,for when a face is sad, a heart may be glad.

4. The heart of the wise is in a house of mourning,but the heart of fools is in a house of pleasure.

Ecclesiastes 7