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.

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Ecclesiastes 7:6

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.

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Isaiah 16:10

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.

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James 4:9

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

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Proverbs 15:21

Folly is joy to him that is destitute of understanding, but the man who is intelligent walks uprightly.

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Ecclesiastes 11:8-9

but if a man lives many years and rejoices in them all; yet if afterwards he remembers the days of darkness, for they shall be many, he shall say that everything that shall have happened to him is vanity. Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth and walk in the ways of thine heart and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

Joy » Of the wicked » Is derived from folly

Proverbs 15:21

Folly is joy to him that is destitute of understanding, but the man who is intelligent walks uprightly.

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Uprightness » Who walks uprightly

Proverbs 15:21

Folly is joy to him that is destitute of understanding, but the man who is intelligent walks uprightly.

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Isaiah 57:1-2

The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.