Proverbs 14:13
¶ Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth [is] heaviness.
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- 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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- Eccl 7:2-43 verses84%
2[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.
3Sorrow [is] better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
4The heart of the wise [is] in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools [is] in the house of mirth.
- Prov 15:13-164 verses83%
13¶ A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
14¶ The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
15¶ All the days of the afflicted [are] evil: but he that is of a merry heart [hath] a continual feast.
16¶ Better [is] little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
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12¶ There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.
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9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.
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22¶ A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
- Eccl 2:1-22 verses77%
1¶ I 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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14¶ The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.
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25¶ Heaviness 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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10¶ The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
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21¶ Folly [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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18For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
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21Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
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25¶ There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.
- Eccl 11:9-102 verses72%
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].
- Isa 24:7-82 verses72%
7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
8The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
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26I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
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11And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
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33¶ Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but [that which is] in the midst of fools is made known.
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3¶ The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
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22But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
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4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
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23¶ [It is] as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
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14In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
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25‹Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.›
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20¶ [As] 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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30¶ A sound heart [is] the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
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3This [is] an evil among all [things] that are done under the sun, that [there is] one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness [is] in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.
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15My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
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12I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
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13The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
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14¶ Happy [is] the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
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23For all his days [are] sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
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13¶ Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding.
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30¶ The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: [and] a good report maketh the bones fat.
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13The beginning of the words of his mouth [is] foolishness: and the end of his talk [is] mischievous madness.
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11[There is] a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
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11¶ Hell and destruction [are] before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
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24¶ The way of life [is] above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.