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 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 borders 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 return thither.

In those days, and in that time, saith 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 to 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 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 to you, that ye will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice: and ye will be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage 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 double-minded.

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

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh out 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 ye fall into divers temptations.

General references

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