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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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Matthew Henry

(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 th...

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