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. It is better to go to the house of mourning ... Proving that it is not a sensual enjoyment of earthly goods which is meant in Ecclesiastes 3:13; Ecclesiastes 5:18. A thankful use of these is right, but frequent feasting Solomon had found dangerous to piety in his own case. So Job's fear (Ecclesiastes 1:4-5). 'The house of feasting' often shuts out thoughts of God and eternity.
The living will lay (it) to his heart - (Psalms 90:10-12.) The sight of the dead in the "house of mourning" causes "the living" to think of their own "end."