Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
General references
Bible References
General references
Proverbs 5:4 But in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
Sharp as a two-edged sword.
Ecclesiastes 2:2 I said of laughter, “It is madness,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”
Ecclesiastes 7:5 It is better to listen to the rebuke of a wise man
Than for one to listen to the song of fools.
Than for one to listen to the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things.
Luke 16:25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony.
James 4:9 Be miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom.
Revelation 18:7 To the degree that she glorified herself and lived sensuously, to the same degree give her torment and mourning; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as a queen and I am not a widow, and will never see mourning.’