Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I did not withhold joy from my heart. My heart took pleasure in all my work and this was my reward. Verse Concepts

Ecclesiastes 7:6

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

Isaiah 16:10

Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards. No one sings or shouts in the vineyards! No one treads out wine at the presses, for I have put an end to the shouting. Verse Concepts

James 4:9

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Verse Concepts

Proverbs 15:21

Folly is joy to the destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walks uprightly. Verse Concepts

Ecclesiastes 11:8-9

If a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness for they will be many. All that comes is vanity. Rejoice, O young man, in your youth. Let your heart cheer you in your early days. Walk in the ways of your heart, and in the desires of your eyes. Yet you 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 joy to the destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walks uprightly. Verse Concepts

Uprightness » Who walks uprightly

Proverbs 15:21

Folly is joy to the destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walks uprightly. Verse Concepts

Isaiah 57:1-2

The righteous perishes and no man takes it to heart. Merciful men are taken away, while no one considers that the righteous is taken away from evil. He will enter into peace. The honorable and honest will rest in his bed.