Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
General references
Bible References
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Ecclesiastes 7:2
Better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for [death is] the end of every person, and the living should take [it] to his heart.
Proverbs 14:13
Even in laughter, a heart may be sad, and the end of joy [may be] grief.
Isaiah 22:12
And the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, called on that day for weeping and mourning, and for baldness and girding {with} sackcloth.
Amos 6:3
You that put off the day of disaster and bring near a reign of violence!
1 Peter 4:2
in order to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer for human desires, but for the will of God.
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Proverbs 14:13
Even in laughter, a heart may be sad, and the end of joy [may be] grief.