Ecclesiastes 7:1-6

Christian Standard Bible

7 A good name is better than fine perfume,^(A)
and the day of one’s death is better than the day of one’s birth.^(B)
2 It is better to go to a house of mourning
than to go to a house of feasting,
since that is the end of all mankind,
and the living should take it to heart.^(C)
3 Grief is better than laughter,
for when a face is sad, a heart may be glad.^(D)
4 The heart of the wise is in a house of mourning,
but the heart of fools is in a house of pleasure.
⁵ It is better to listen to rebuke from a wise person
than to listen to the song of fools,^(E)
6 for like the crackling of burning thorns under the pot,^(F)
so is the laughter of the fool.
This too is futile.