Ecclesiastes 7:2-4

Complete Jewish Bible

² Better to go to a house of mourning
than to go to a house of feasting,
for all are destined to be mourned;
the living should lay this to heart.
³ Grief is better than laughter,
for sadness can improve a person.
⁴ The thoughts of the wise are in the house of mourning,
but the thoughts of fools are in the house of pleasure.