 | John Everitt Good - 1829 - 692 páginas
...employments in which they engage, are of the most exalting and improving nature. " It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting." || In their visits to such an abode, and in witnessing the miseries of the unhappy, the heart is softened... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 606 páginas
...dwell in the tents of wickedness. A day in his courts is better than a thousand" any where else P. The mirth of the wicked is like the laughter of a...than to go to the house of feasting ; for that is P Psal. Ixxxiv. 10. the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than... | |
 | Marilyn Ferris Motz - 1994 - 310 páginas
...— particularly the one arguing that, because the way of all humans is death, "It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting" or, to quote the full verse from which I draw my title for this essay, "The heart of the wise is in... | |
 | Marc G. Hirshman, Mandel Professor of Jewish Education Marc Hirshman - 1995 - 194 páginas
...fascinating. Let us take, for instance, Didymus' exegesis on Ecclesiastes 7:2: "It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house...all men; and the living will lay it to his heart." Following is Didymus' exegesis:17 "It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house... | |
 | B. C. Southam - 1996 - 292 páginas
...address employed by God in speaking to his prophets. /. 3 House of Sorrow: cf. 'It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of...all men; and the living will lay it to his heart' (Ecclesiastes vii, ^). I. ij communion of saints: a phrase from the Apostles' Creed, in which the Christian... | |
 | Alyce M. McKenzie - 1996 - 194 páginas
...name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death, than the day of birth. It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting." An example from the Synoptic sayings attributed to Jesus is: "The sabbath was made for humankind, and... | |
 | Marc Hirshman - 2012 - 196 páginas
...men; and the living will lay it to his heart." Following is Didymus' exegesis: 17 "It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting." Moral laxity is not found where there is mourning. There, mirth and laughter are shunned. The event... | |
 | David Stern, Mark Jay Mirsky - 1998 - 382 páginas
...tractates?"4 The Holy One, blessed be He, replied, "It has already been stated: 'It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house...all men, and the living will lay it to his heart.' "5 II A man should perform every religious commandment that he can, and what he cannot perform, he... | |
 | Saint Augustine (of Hippo) - 1998 - 1284 páginas
...refer to feasts of carnal delight; and this is shown clearly enough when it says, 'It is better to go feasting."47 And, a little later, it says, 'The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but... | |
 | 1999 - 68 páginas
...better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. 2 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house...all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. 3 Sorrow is better than laughter, 7 the heart is made better. 'The heart of the wise is in the house... | |
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It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting : for that is the end of all men ; and the living will lay it to his heart. 
