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 used to stray off, but now I keep your instructions.

Those who shed tears as they plant will shout for joy when they reap the harvest.

Then I will reply, 'I will bring them back from the land of the north. I will gather them in from the distant parts of the earth. Blind and lame people will come with them, so will pregnant women and women about to give birth. A vast throng of people will come back here.

"When that time comes," says the Lord, "the people of Israel and Judah will return to the land together. They will come back with tears of repentance as they seek the Lord their God.

So I turned my attention to the Lord God to implore him by prayer and requests, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

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

"I will pour out on the kingship of David and the population of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication so that they will look to me, the one they have pierced. They will lament for him as one laments for an only son, and there will be a bitter cry for him like the bitter cry for a firstborn.

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

I tell you the solemn truth, you will weep and wail, but the world will rejoice; you will be sad, but your sadness will turn into joy.

Now I rejoice, not because you were made sad, but because you were made sad to the point of repentance. For you were made sad as God intended, so that you were not harmed in any way by us.

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

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Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

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

For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness.

My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials,

General references

"'Do not go to a house where people are feasting and sit down to eat and drink with them either.