Ecclesiastes 7:2

People Generally Do Not Know What Is Best For Them

¹ A good reputation is better than precious perfume; likewise, the day of one's death is better than the day of one's birth. ² It is better to go to a funeral than a feast. For death is the destiny of every person, and the living should take this to heart. ³ Sorrow is better than laughter, because sober reflection is good for the heart.

Take It to Heart

Psalm 90:12

So teach us to consider our mortality, so that we might live wisely.

Genesis 48:1-22

After these things Joseph was told, "Your father is weakening." So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him.

Genesis 49:2-33

"Assemble and listen, you sons of Jacob; listen to Israel, your father.

Genesis 50:15-17

When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "What if Joseph bears a grudge and wants to repay us in full for all the harm we did to him?"

Numbers 23:10

Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, and let the end of my life be like theirs."

Deuteronomy 32:29

I wish that they were wise and could understand this, and that they could comprehend what will happen to them."

Deuteronomy 32:46

he said to them, "Keep in mind all the words I am solemnly proclaiming to you today; you must command your children to observe carefully all the words of this law.

Job 1:4-5

Now his sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one in turn, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

Isaiah 5:11-12

Those who get up early to drink beer are as good as dead, those who keep drinking long after dark until they are intoxicated with wine.

Isaiah 22:12-14

At that time the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, called for weeping and mourning, for shaved heads and sackcloth.

Isaiah 47:7

You said, 'I will rule forever as permanent queen!' You did not think about these things; you did not consider how it would turn out.

Amos 6:3-6

You refuse to believe a day of disaster will come, but you establish a reign of violence.

Haggai 1:5

Here then is what the Lord who rules over all says: 'Think carefully about what you are doing.

Malachi 2:2

If you do not listen and take seriously the need to honor my name," says the Lord who rules over all, "I will send judgment on you and turn your blessings into curses -- indeed, I have already done so because you are not taking it to heart.

Matthew 5:4

"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

Matthew 14:6-12

But on Herod's birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod,

Romans 6:21-22

So what benefit did you then reap from those things that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death.

Philippians 3:19

Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things.

Hebrews 9:27

And just as people are appointed to die once, and then to face judgment,

1 Peter 4:3-4

For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians desire. You lived then in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, and wanton idolatries.