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
Luke 16:25
'Child,' answered Abraham, 'remember that you in your lifetime received what you thought desirable, just as Lazarus received what was not desirable; but now he has his consolation here, while you are suffering agony.
James 4:9
Grieve, mourn, and lament! Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your happiness to gloom!
Revelation 18:7
for her self-glorification and her luxury, give her now an equal measure of torture and misery. In her heart she says 'I sit here a queen; no widow am I; I shall never know misery.'