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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General references

Jeremiah 16:8

Bible References

Is better

Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.

Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.

'Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, along with the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her who travails with child together: a great company shall they return here.

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

And I turned to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

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

I will pour on the house of David, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn.

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

Truly, truly, I tell you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

I now rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you were made sorry to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly way, 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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Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance;

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

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

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials,

General references

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