Proverbs 14:13
11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.
14 The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.
15 The simple man believes every word, but the prudent man watches his steps.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.
- KJV
- Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
- WEB
- Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness.
- ASV
- Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of mirth is heaviness.
- DARBY
- Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of mirth is sadness.
- BLB
- Even in laughter a heart may be pained, and the end of joy [is] grief.
- ÅB
- Endog under latter har hjertet smerte, og enden på gleden er sorg.
- OTB
- Selv når man ler, kan hjertet være i smerte, og slutten på glede kan være sorg.
- B1930
- Endog under latter har hjertet smerte, og enden på gleden er sorg.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ecclesiastes 2:2
I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”
Read in contextJames 4:9
Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
Read in contextLuke 16:25
But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 7:5–6
It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
Read in contextProverbs 5:4
in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.
Read in contextRevelation 18:7–8
As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’
Read in contextEcclesiastes 2:10–11
Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
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