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Proverbs 14:13

GriefJoyDiscouragement and depression

11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

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

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

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

15 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

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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)

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Cross references

  • Ecclesiastes 2:2

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

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  • James 4:9

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

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  • Luke 16:25

    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.

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  • Ecclesiastes 7:5–6

    It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

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  • Ecclesiastes 11:9

    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.

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  • Proverbs 5:4

    But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

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  • Revelation 18:7–8

    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.

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  • Ecclesiastes 2:10–11

    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.

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