Ecclesiastes 7:1-4

New King James Version

7 A ^(A)good name is better than precious ointment,
And the day of death than the day of one’s ^(B)birth;
² 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 take it to ^(C)heart.
^3 [a]Sorrow is better than laughter,
^(D)For by a sad countenance the heart is made ^[b]better.
⁴ The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,
But the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.