Ecclesiastes 7:2

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

It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.

³ Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.

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

Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.

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ÅB: Bedre er det å gå til sørgehus enn til gjestebudshus, fordi i sørgehuset ender hvert menneskes liv, og den som lever, legger seg det på hjerte.
OTB: Det er bedre å gå til et sørgehus enn til et gjestebud, for døden er alles skjebne, og de levende bør ta dette til hjertet.
B1930: Bedre er det å gå til sørgehus enn til gjestebudshus, fordi i sørgehuset ender hvert menneskes liv, og den som lever, legger sig det på hjerte.

BSB: It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.
KJV: 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.
WEB: 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 should take this to heart.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: in that that is the end of all men, and the living taketh it to heart.
BLB: Better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for this [is] the end of all men, and the one living will give [it] to his heart.

Psalms 90:12
So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
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Hebrews 9:27
Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
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Deuteronomy 32:29
If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
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Deuteronomy 32:46
he said to them, “Take to heart all these words I testify among you today, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.
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Philippians 3:19
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
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1 Peter 4:3–4
For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
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Haggai 1:5
Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.
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Amos 6:3–6
You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.
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