OLD TESTAMENT

Ecclesiastes 7:4

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The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

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Verse 4. Anger. That is, correction, or just wrath and zeal against evil, ( Challoner.) is preferable to a misguided complaisance. Proverbs 27:6. Calmet.—Anger, when rightly used, helps us to correct our faults. Worthington.

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