Ecclesiastes 7:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Ecclesiastes 7:3

Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

Is better

By

General references

Jeremiah 16:8

Bible References

Is better

Before I was afflicted I went astray,

But now I keep Your word.

Those who sow in tears shall reap with joyful shouting.

“Behold, I am bringing them from the north country,
And I will gather them from the remote parts of the earth,
Among them the blind and the lame,
The woman with child and she who is in labor with child, together;
A great company, they will return here.

“In those days and at that time,” declares the Lord, “the sons of Israel will come, both they and the sons of Judah as well; they will go along weeping as they go, and it will be the Lord their God they will seek.

So I gave my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes.

In those days, I, Daniel, had been mourning for three entire weeks.

“I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn.

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

Truly, truly, I say to you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but your grief will be turned into joy.

I now rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but that you were made sorrowful to the point of repentance; for you were made sorrowful according to the will of God, so that you might not suffer loss in anything through us.

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

By

And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance;

For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison,

For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness.

Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,

General references

Moreover you shall not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and drink.”