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

Bible References

Is better

Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep thy word.

They that sow in tears shall reap with rejoicing:

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

In those days, and at that time, saith Jehovah, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping as they go, 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 full weeks:

And I will pour upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplications; and they shall look on me whom they pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for an only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

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

Verily, verily, I say to you, that ye shall weep and lament, ye, but the world shall rejoice; and ye will be grieved, but your grief shall be turned to joy.

Now I rejoice, not that ye have been grieved, but that ye have been grieved to repentance; for ye have been grieved according to God, that in nothing ye might be injured by us.

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

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And not only that, but we also boast in tribulations, knowing that tribulation works endurance;

For our momentary and light affliction works for us in surpassing measure an eternal weight of glory;

For they indeed chastened for a few days, as seemed good to them; but he for profit, in order to the partaking of his holiness.

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

General references

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