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 have I kept your word.

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the ends of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travails with child together: a great company shall return there.

In those days, and in that time, says the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD 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 upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

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

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

Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you sorrowed to repentance: for you were made sorry after a godly manner, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing.

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

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And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation works patience;

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials;

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Also you shall not go into the house of feasting, to sit with them, to eat and to drink.