Proverbs 14:13
Even in laughter the heart has pain; and joy may end in grief.
Ecclesiastes 2:2
I said of laughter: It is madness. And of pleasure: What does it do?
Proverbs 5:4
But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two edged sword.
Ecclesiastes 2:10-11
Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I did not withhold joy from my heart. My heart took pleasure in all my work and this was my reward.
Ecclesiastes 7:5-6
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, O young man, in your youth. Let your heart cheer you in your early days. Walk in the ways of your heart, and in the desires of your eyes. Yet you know that God will bring you into judgment for all these things.
Luke 16:25
Abraham said: Remember, my son, in your lifetime you were given good things, while Lazarus got all the bad things. Now he is enjoying himself while you are in torment.
James 4:9
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Revelation 18:7-8
To the extent she glorified herself and lived sensuously, to that extent give her much torment and sorrow. She says in her heart: 'I sit a queen, and am no widow, and I shall see no sorrow.'