And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward for all my toil. Verse Concepts

Ecclesiastes 7:6

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fools; this also is vanity. Verse Concepts

Isaiah 16:10

And joy and gladness are taken away from the fruitful field, and in the vineyards no songs are sung, no cheers are raised; no treader treads out wine in the presses; I have put an end to the shouting. Verse Concepts

James 4:9

Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Verse Concepts

Proverbs 15:21

Folly is a joy to him who lacks sense, but a man of understanding walks straight ahead. Verse Concepts

Ecclesiastes 11:8-9

So if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity. 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.

Joy » Of the wicked » Is derived from folly

Proverbs 15:21

Folly is a joy to him who lacks sense, but a man of understanding walks straight ahead. Verse Concepts

Uprightness » Who walks uprightly

Proverbs 15:21

Folly is a joy to him who lacks sense, but a man of understanding walks straight ahead. Verse Concepts

Isaiah 57:1-2

The righteous man perishes, and no one lays it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from calamity; he enters into peace; they rest in their beds who walk in their uprightness.