Ecclesiastes 7:2-6

English Standard Version

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 mankind,
    and the living will ^(A)lay it to heart.
³ Sorrow is better than laughter,
    ^(B)for by sadness of face the heart is made glad.
⁴ The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,
    but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
⁵ It is ^(C)better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise
    than to hear the song of fools.
^6 (D)For as the crackling of ^(E)thorns under a pot,
    so is the laughter of the fools;
    this also is vanity.^[a]