Cross references

Ecclesiastes 7:4

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,

but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.

Ecclesiastes 7:4 BSB

Ecclesiastes 7:4 has 18 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Matthew 8:14–16 (5 votes) and 1 Samuel 25:36 (4 votes). 7 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from 1 Samuel 25 to James 4.

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Which verses does Ecclesiastes 7:4 point to?

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  1. When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, He saw Peter’s mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever. So He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve Him. …

  2. When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.

  3. As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her. When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said, “Do not weep.”

  4. So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.

  5. They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.

  6. so the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?” …

  7. My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight I desired has turned to horror.

  8. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.

  9. While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.

  10. I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.

  11. Hosea 7:53 votes

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