Verse 13

Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy `is' affliction.

Referenced Verses

• Eccl 2:2 : 2 Of laughter I said, `Foolish!' and of mirth, `What `is' this it is doing?'
• Eccl 2:10-11 : 10 And all that mine eyes asked I kept not back from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labour, and this hath been my portion, from all my labour, 11 and I have looked on all my works that my hands have done, and on the labour that I have laboured to do, and lo, the whole `is' vanity and vexation of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun!
• Eccl 7:5-6 : 5 Better to hear a rebuke of a wise man, Than `for' a man to hear a song of fools, 6 For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So `is' the laughter of a fool, even this `is' vanity.
• Eccl 11:9 : 9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood, And let thy heart gladden thee in days of thy youth, And walk in the ways of thy heart, And in the sight of thine eyes, And know thou that for all these, Doth God bring thee into judgment.
• Luke 16:25 : 25 `And Abraham said, Child, remember that thou did receive -- thou -- thy good things in thy life, and Lazarus in like manner the evil things, and now he is comforted, and thou art distressed;
• Jas 4:9 : 9 be exceeding afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter to mourning be turned, and the joy to heaviness;
• Rev 18:7-8 : 7 `As much as she did glorify herself and did revel, so much torment and sorrow give to her, because in her heart she saith, I sit a queen, and a widow I am not, and sorrow I shall not see; 8 because of this, in one day, shall come her plagues, death, and sorrow, and famine; and in fire she shall be utterly burned, because strong `is' the Lord God who is judging her;
• Prov 5:4 : 4 And her latter end `is' bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword `with' mouths.