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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ecc 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.
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Gen 48:1 |
And it came to pass after these things, that [one] told Joseph, Behold, thy father [is] sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. |
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Gen 48:2 |
And [one] told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. |
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Gen 48:3 |
And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, |
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Gen 48:4 |
And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee [for] an everlasting possession. |
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Gen 48:5 |
And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, [are] mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. |
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Gen 49:2 |
Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father. |
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Gen 49:3 |
Reuben, thou [art] my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: |
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Gen 49:4 |
Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou [it]: he went up to my couch. |
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Gen 49:5 |
Simeon and Levi [are] brethren; instruments of cruelty [are in] their habitations. |
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Gen 49:6 |
O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. |
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Gen 50:15 |
And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. |
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Gen 50:16 |
And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, |
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Gen 50:17 |
So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him. |
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Job 1:4 |
And his sons went and feasted [in their] houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. |
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Job 1:5 |
And it was so, when the days of [their] feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings [according] to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually. |
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Isa 5:11 |
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, [that] they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, [till] wine inflame them! |
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Isa 5:12 |
And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands. |
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Isa 22:12 |
And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: |
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Isa 22:13 |
And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die. |
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Isa 22:14 |
And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. |
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Amo 6:3 |
Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; |
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Amo 6:4 |
That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; |
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Amo 6:5 |
That chant to the sound of the viol, [and] invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David; |
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Amo 6:6 |
That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. |
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Mat 5:4 |
Blessed [are] they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. |
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Mat 14:6 |
But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod. |
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Mat 14:7 |
Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask. |
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Mat 14:8 |
And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger. |
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Mat 14:9 |
And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded [it] to be given [her]. |
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Mat 14:10 |
And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison. |
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Mat 14:11 |
And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought [it] to her mother. |
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Mat 14:12 |
And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus. |
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1Pe 4:3 |
For the time past of [our] life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: |
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1Pe 4:4 |
Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with [them] to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of [you]: |
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Num 23:10 |
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth [part] of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! |
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Deu 32:29 |
O that they were wise, [that] they understood this, [that] they would consider their latter end! |
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Rom 6:21 |
What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things [is] death. |
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Rom 6:22 |
But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. |
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Phl 3:19 |
Whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is their] belly, and [whose] glory [is] in their shame, who mind earthly things.) |
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Hbr 9:27 |
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: |
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Deu 32:46 |
And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law. |
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Isa 47:7 |
And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: [so] that thou didst not lay these [things] to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it. |
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Hag 1:5 |
Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. |
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Mal 2:2 |
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay [it] to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay [it] to heart. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Ecclesiastes 7:2," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Ecc/7/2.html>.
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