Ecclesiastes 7:3

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Ecclesiastes 7:3

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

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Jeremiah 16:8

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Is better

Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word.

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall they return hither.

In those days, and in that time, saith Jehovah, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek Jehovah their God.

And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three whole weeks.

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they shall look unto me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.

Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, that ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

I now rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry unto repentance; for ye were made sorry after a godly sort, that ye might suffer loss by us in nothing.

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.

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And not only so, but we also rejoice in our tribulations: knowing that tribulation worketh stedfastness;

For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;

For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations;

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And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.