Proverbs 14:13
Grief mingles not with mirth; and joy in the end comes to grief.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
In Context
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 2:2I said to laughter, Madness: and to mirth, Why doest thou this?
Ecclesiastes 7:5It is better to hear a reproof of a wise man, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:13
12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. We have here an account of the way and end of a great many self-deluded souls. 1. Their way is seemingly fair: It seems right to themselves; they please themselves with a fancy that they are as they should be, that their opinions and practices are good, and such as will bear them out. The way of ignorance and carelessness, the way of worldliness and earthly-mindedness, the way of sensuality and flesh-pleasing, seem right… Read the whole commentary →