Proverbs 14:13 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹³Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

Proverbs 14:13 —

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Cross-References

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Ecclesiastes 2:2
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
James 4:9
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Proverbs 5:4
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
Ecclesiastes 2:10-11
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour. …
Luke 16:25
But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

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Afflictions and Adversities Amusements and Worldly Pleasures Care Carnal Mindedness Covetousness Gladness Happiness Joy

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 13)

This shows the vanity of carnal mirth, and proves what Solomon said of laughter, that it is mad; for, 1. There is sadness under it. Sometimes when sinners are under convictions, or some great trouble, they dissemble their grief by a forced mirth, and put a good face on it, because they will not seem to yield: they cry not when he binds them. Nay, when men really are merry, yet at the same time the…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 13)

13. The preceding sentiment illustrated by the disappointments of a wicked or untimely joy.