Thematic Bible: Joy joy


Thematic Bible




that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them; I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour, and this was my portion of all my labour.

The laughter of the fool is as the crackling of thorns under a pot, and this also (the laughter or prosperity of the fool) is vanity.

And gladness is taken away and joy out of the fertile field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be rejoicing: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage song to cease.

Be afflicted and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to heaviness.