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 mad," and of pleasure, "What use is it?"
Ecclesiastes 7:5
It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
Luke 16:25
But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.
James 4:9
Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.
Revelation 18:7
As she glorified herself and lived in luxury, so give her a like measure of torment and mourning, since in her heart she says, 'I sit as a queen, I am no widow, and mourning I shall never see.'