Proverbs 14:13
Even while laughing the heart may be sad; and after joy comes sorrow.
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- Eccl 2:2 : 2 Of laughing I said, It is foolish; and of joy--What use is it?
- Eccl 2:10-11 : 10 And nothing which was desired by my eyes did I keep from them; I did not keep any joy from my heart, because my heart took pleasure in all my work, and this was my reward. 11 Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
- Eccl 7:5-6 : 5 It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish. 6 Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose.
- Eccl 11:9 : 9 Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.
- Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.
- Jas 4:9 : 9 Be troubled, with sorrow and weeping; let your laughing be turned to sorrow and your joy to grief.
- Rev 18:7-8 : 7 As she gave glory to herself, and became more evil in her ways, in the same measure give her pain and weeping: for she says in her heart, I am seated here a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see sorrow. 8 For this reason in one day will her troubles come, death and sorrow and need of food; and she will be completely burned with fire; for strong is the Lord God who is her judge.
- Prov 5:4 : 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword;
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- Eccl 7:2-43 verses84%
2It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.
3Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.
4The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.
- Prov 15:13-164 verses83%
13A glad heart makes a shining face, but by the sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
14The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.
15All the days of the troubled are evil; but he whose heart is glad has an unending feast.
16Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.
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12There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.
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9Be troubled, with sorrow and weeping; let your laughing be turned to sorrow and your joy to grief.
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22A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.
- Eccl 2:1-22 verses77%
1I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test; so take your pleasure--but it was to no purpose.
2Of laughing I said, It is foolish; and of joy--What use is it?
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14He whose heart is turned away will have the reward of his ways in full measure; but a good man will have the reward of his doings.
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25Care in the heart of a man makes it weighted down, but a good word makes it glad.
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6Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose.
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15The joy of our hearts is ended; our dancing is changed into sorrow.
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10No one has knowledge of a man's grief but himself; and a strange person has no part in his joy.
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21Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.
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15So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.
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18Because in much wisdom is much grief, and increase of knowledge is increase of sorrow.
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21The time will come when your mouth will be full of laughing, and cries of joy will come from your lips.
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25There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.
- Eccl 11:9-102 verses72%
9Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.
10So put away trouble from your heart, and sorrow from your flesh; because the early years and the best years are to no purpose.
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19A feast is for laughing, and wine makes glad the heart; but by the one and the other money is wasted.
- Isa 24:7-82 verses72%
7The new wine is thin, the vine is feeble, and all the glad-hearted make sounds of grief.
8The pleasing sound of all instruments of music has come to an end, and the voices of those who are glad.
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26So in the day of your trouble I will be laughing; I will make sport of your fear;
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11And you will be full of grief at the end of your life, when your flesh and your body are wasted;
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33Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.
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3By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.
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22Only his flesh still has pain, and his soul is sad.
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4A time for weeping and a time for laughing; a time for sorrow and a time for dancing;
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23It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.
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14In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.
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25Unhappy are you who are full of food now: for you will be in need. Unhappy are you who are laughing now: for you will be crying in sorrow.
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20Like one who takes off clothing in cold weather and like acid on a wound, is he who makes melody to a sad heart.
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30A quiet mind is the life of the body, but envy is a disease in the bones.
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3This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after that--to the dead.
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15My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;
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12I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.
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13He will be laughed at by the Lord, who sees that his day is coming.
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14Happy is the man in whom is the fear of the Lord at all times; but he whose heart is hard will come into trouble.
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23All his days are sorrow, and his work is full of grief. Even in the night his heart has no rest. This again is to no purpose.
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13Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.
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30The light of the eyes is a joy to the heart, and good news makes the bones fat.
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13The first words of his mouth are foolish, and the end of his talk is evil crime.
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11There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; there is an end of all delight, the joy of the land is gone.
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11Before the Lord are the underworld and destruction: how much more, then, the hearts of the children of men!
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24Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.