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Ecclesiastes 7

Eccl. 7:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
of the wise
chakam (Hebrew #2450)
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
KJV usage: cunning (man), subtil, ((un-)), wise((hearted), man).
Pronounce: khaw-kawm'
Origin: from 2449
is in the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of mourning
'ebel (Hebrew #60)
lamentation
KJV usage: mourning.
Pronounce: ay'-bel
Origin: from 56
; but the heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
of fools
kciyl (Hebrew #3684)
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
KJV usage: fool(-ish).
Pronounce: kes-eel'
Origin: from 3688
is in the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of mirth
simchah (Hebrew #8057)
blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)
KJV usage: X exceeding(-ly), gladness, joy(-fulness), mirth, pleasure, rejoice(-ing).
Pronounce: sim-khaw'
Origin: from 8056
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Ministry on This Verse

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heart.
Neh. 2:2‑5• 2Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
 3And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
 4Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
 5And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favor in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it. (Neh. 2:2‑5)
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Isa. 53:3‑4• 3He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
 4Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. (Isa. 53:3‑4)
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Matt. 8:14‑16• 14And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever.
 15And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.
 16When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: (Matt. 8:14‑16)
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Mark 5:38‑43• 38And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
 39And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
 40And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.
 41And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.
 42And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment.
 43And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat. (Mark 5:38‑43)
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Luke 7:12‑13• 12Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
 13And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. (Luke 7:12‑13)
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John 11:31‑35• 31The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.
 32Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
 33When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
 34And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.
 35Jesus wept. (John 11:31‑35)
the heart.
1 Sam. 25:36• 36And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. (1 Sam. 25:36)
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1 Sam. 30:16• 16And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. (1 Sam. 30:16)
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2 Sam. 13:28• 28Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant. (2 Sam. 13:28)
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1 Kings 20:16• 16And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him. (1 Kings 20:16)
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Isa. 21:4• 4My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. (Isa. 21:4)
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Jer. 51:39,57• 39In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the Lord.
 57And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts. (Jer. 51:39,57)
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Dan. 5:1‑4,30• 1Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
 2Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
 3Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.
 4They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
 30In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. (Dan. 5:1‑4,30)
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Hos. 7:5• 5In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners. (Hos. 7:5)
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Nah. 1:10• 10For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. (Nah. 1:10)
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Mark 6:21‑29• 21And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;
 22And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.
 23And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
 24And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
 25And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.
 26And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
 27And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
 28And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.
 29And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb. (Mark 6:21‑29)
• But then listen to that authoritative Voice proclaiming, as no “scribe” ever could, “Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.” Ah, there is a bright light breaking in on the dark clouds, with no lightning-flash of added storm, but a mild and holy ray―the promise of a day yet to break o’er our sorrow-stricken earth, when there shall be no need for mourning, for death no more shall reign, but be swallowed up in victory. (“Ecclesiastes 7” by F.C. Jennings)
• Tears still are flowing―nor will we rebuke them. God would never blunt those tender sensibilities of the heart that thus speaks the Hand that made it; but He would take from the tears the bitterness of hopelessness, and would throw on them His own blessed Light, ―a new direct word of revelation from Himself―Love and Light as He is―till, like the clouds in the physical world, they shine with a glory that even the cloudless sky knows not. (“Ecclesiastes 7” by F.C. Jennings)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools in the house of mirth.