Proverbs 14:13

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 2:2 : 2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
  • Eccl 2:10-11 : 10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour. 11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
  • Eccl 7:5-6 : 5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. 6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
  • Eccl 11:9 : 9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
  • Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
  • Jas 4:9 : 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
  • Rev 18:7-8 : 7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. 8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
  • Prov 5:4 : 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

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    2It 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.

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  • Prov 15:13-16
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    13A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

    14The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

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    16Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.

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    12There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

  • Jas 4:9
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    9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

  • Prov 17:22
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    22A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

  • Eccl 2:1-2
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    1I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.

    2I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

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    14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

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    25Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

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    6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

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    15The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

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    10The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

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    21Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

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    15Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

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    21Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.

  • Prov 16:25
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    25There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

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    9Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

    10Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

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    19A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.

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    7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.

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    22But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

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    20As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.

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    30A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

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    30The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.

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