10 But children, being haughty, through disdain and want of nurture do stain the nobility of their kindred. (KJV) 11 Weep for the dead, for he lacks light. Weep for a fool, for he lacks understanding. Weep more sweetly for the dead, because he has found rest, but the life of the fool is worse than death. (WEB) 12 Mourning for the dead lasts seven days, but for a fool and an ungodly man, it lasts all the days of his life. (WEB)
Sirach 22:10–12
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Sirach 41:10–12
10 All things that are of the earth will go back to the earth; so the ungodly will go from a curse to perdition. (WEB) 11 The mourning of men is about their bodies; but the evil name of sinners will be blotted out. (WEB) 12 Have regard for your name, for it continues with you longe… (WEB)
Sirach 38:22–24
22 Remember his end, for so also will yours be: yesterday for him, and today for you. (WEB) 23 When the dead is at rest, let his remembrance rest. Be comforted for him when his spirit departs from him. (WEB) 24 The wisdom of the scribe comes by the opportunity of leisure. He who ha… (WEB)
Proverbs 17:20–22
20 The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble. 21 A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy. 22 A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
Ecclesiastes 2:15–17
15 So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile. 16 For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in… 17 …
Jeremiah 22:9–11
9 Then people will reply, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’” 10 Do not weep for the dead king; do not mourn his loss. Weep bitterly for the one who is exiled, for he will never return to see hi…
Proverbs 17:24–26
24 Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth. 25 A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him. 26 It is surely not good to punish the innocent or to flog a noble for his honesty.
Psalms 49:9–11
9 that he should live on forever and not see decay. 10 For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others. 11 Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their…
Ecclesiastes 7:3–5
3 Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart. 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure. 5 It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.
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