Ecclesiastes 7:2

It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Ecclesiastes 7

2 songs meet this passage

  • “How the f**k it's killing all my friends?”

    Do Not Disturb · Angelo Mota

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 7:2

    A sobering confrontation with mortality and loss breaks through the numbness, echoing the wisdom literature's insistence on facing death honestly.

  • Back to the Old House · The Smiths

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 7:2-4

    The song sits in the house of mourning, unresolved grief treated as more honest than denial, much like the Preacher's observation.

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