Whatever my eyes desired, I didn't keep from them. I didn't withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.

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Ecclesiastes 7:6

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

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Isaiah 16:10

Gladness is taken away, and joy out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there will be no singing, neither joyful noise. Nobody will tread out wine in the presses. I have made the shouting stop.

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James 4:9

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

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Proverbs 15:21

Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

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Ecclesiastes 11:8-9

Yes, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity. Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in 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 joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

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Uprightness » Who walks uprightly

Proverbs 15:21

Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

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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 enters into peace; they rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.