I neither withheld anything from my eyes that they desired, nor did I deprive any pleasure from my heart. My heart rejoiced in all my toil, for this was my reward from all my toil.

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Ecclesiastes 7:6

Like the sound of thorns under a pot, so also the laughter of fools. This also [is] vanity!

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Isaiah 16:10

And joy and gladness are taken away from the fruitful land, and in the vineyards no one exults, no one shouts for joy; no treader treads wine in the presses; I have put to an end to [the] jubilant shout.

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James 4:9

Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloominess.

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Proverbs 15:21

Folly is a joy to him who lacks {sense}, and a person of understanding {will walk upright}.

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Ecclesiastes 11:8-9

For if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in all of them! Let him remember that the days of the darkness will be many-- all that is coming [is] vanity! Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth! Follow the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes-- but know that God will bring you into judgment for all these things.

Joy » Of the wicked » Is derived from folly

Proverbs 15:21

Folly is a joy to him who lacks {sense}, and a person of understanding {will walk upright}.

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Uprightness » Who walks uprightly

Proverbs 15:21

Folly is a joy to him who lacks {sense}, and a person of understanding {will walk upright}.

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Isaiah 57:1-2

The righteous [one] perishes, and there is no one who takes [it] to heart. And men of faithfulness [are] gathered, while there is no one who understands, for the righteous is gathered from the presence of wickedness. he enters [into] peace; they will rest on their beds, walking straight ahead of him.