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 in the end she’s as bitter as wormwood
and as sharp as a double-edged sword.
and as sharp as a double-edged sword.
Ecclesiastes 2:2
I said about laughter, “It is madness,” and about pleasure, “What does this accomplish?”
Ecclesiastes 7:5 It is better to listen to rebuke from a wise person
than to listen to the song of fools,
than to listen to the song of fools,
Ecclesiastes 11:9 Rejoice, young man, while you are young,
and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth.
And walk in the ways of your heart
and in the sight of your eyes;
but know that for all of these things God will bring you to judgment.
and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth.
And walk in the ways of your heart
and in the sight of your eyes;
but know that for all of these things God will bring you to judgment.
Luke 16:25 “‘Son,’ Abraham said, ‘remember that during your life you received your good things, just as Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
James 4:9
Be miserable and mourn and weep. Your laughter must change to mourning and your joy to sorrow.
Revelation 18:7 As much as she glorified herself and lived luxuriously,
give her that much torment and grief,
for she says in her heart,
“I sit as a queen;
I am not a widow,
and I will never see grief.”
give her that much torment and grief,
for she says in her heart,
“I sit as a queen;
I am not a widow,
and I will never see grief.”