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Anonymous mourners sit quietly around an empty place, no specific death or funeral biography.
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Ecclesiastes 7:1-4

The House of Mourning

Wisdom Tested at Its Limits · Ecclesiastes 7

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1A good name is better than good oil, and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

2It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, because that is the end of every person, and the living should take it to heart.

3Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad face makes the heart better.

4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of joy.

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