I did not restrain myself from getting whatever I wanted; I did not deny myself anything that would bring me pleasure. So all my accomplishments gave me joy; this was my reward for all my effort.

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Ecclesiastes 7:6

For like the crackling of quick-burning thorns under a cooking pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This kind of folly also is useless.

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Isaiah 16:10

Joy and happiness disappear from the orchards, and in the vineyards no one rejoices or shouts; no one treads out juice in the wine vats -- I have brought the joyful shouts to an end.

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James 4:9

Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into despair.

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Proverbs 15:21

Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.

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Ecclesiastes 11:8-9

So, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all, but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many -- all that is about to come is obscure. Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions.

Joy » Of the wicked » Is derived from folly

Proverbs 15:21

Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.

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Uprightness » Who walks uprightly

Proverbs 15:21

Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.

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Isaiah 57:1-2

The godly perish, but no one cares. Honest people disappear, when no one minds that the godly disappear because of evil. Those who live uprightly enter a place of peace; they rest on their beds.