 | Robert Hall - 1832 - 542 pàgines
...whirlwind shall take them away as stubble ? It is better, says Solomon, to go to the home of mourning, than to the house of feasting, for that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to heart. While there are few who are not, at some season or other, conducted to... | |
 | Marc Hirshman - 2012 - 196 pàgines
...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 of feasting." Moral laxity is not found where there is mourning. There, mirth and laughter are shunned. The event... | |
 | David Stern, Mark Jay Mirsky - 1998 - 382 pàgines
...tractates?"4 The Holy One, blessed be He, replied, "It has already been stated: 'It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house...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,... | |
 | Saint Augustine (of Hippo) - 1998 - 1284 pàgines
...refer to feasts of carnal delight; and this is shown clearly enough when it says, 'It is better to go feasting."47 And, a little later, it says, 'The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but... | |
 | 1999 - 68 pàgines
...sun? 'A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. 2 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than...feasting, for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. 3 Sorrow is better than laughter, 7 the heart is made better. 'The... | |
 | 1999 - 572 pàgines
...good name is better than precious ointment; Prov 22:1 and the day of death, than the day of birth. 2 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. *7:1-12:7. In the first part of the... | |
 | Judith Lomax - 1999 - 180 pàgines
...Ecclesiastes. — methought 1 felt that it was good for me to be there, and that "it is better to go to the house of mourning. than to go to the house of feasting." — Lord let thy spirit so dwell in my heart that every lurking in may be banish'd from it, let me... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 2000 - 110 pàgines
...therefore Solomon says of such laughter, "It is mad: and of mirth, What does it?" And "It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house...feasting" for that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance,... | |
 | Ellen F. Davis - 2000 - 324 pàgines
...7:1-14) 7:1 A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death, than the day of birth. 2 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for this is the end of everyone, and the living will lay it to heart. 1 Sorrow is better than laughter,... | |
 | Tod Linafelt - 2000 - 308 pàgines
...accepted, and life must be lived in light of death. Thus, Qohelet's statement that 'It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for this is the end of everyone, and the living will lay it to heart' (Eccl. 7.2), reflects the centrality... | |
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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. 
