Proverbs 14:13
Even in laughter is the heart pained, || And the latter end of joy [is] affliction.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
In Context
12There is a way—right before a man, || And its latter end [are] ways of death.
14The backslider in heart is filled from his ways, || And a good man—from his fruits.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 2:2Of laughter I said, “Foolish!” And of mirth, “What [is] this it is doing?”
Ecclesiastes 7:5Better to hear a rebuke of a wise man, || Than [for] a man to hear a song of fools,
Luke 16:25And Abraham said, Child, remember that you received your good things in your life, and Lazarus in like manner the evil things, and now he is comforted, and you are distressed;
Revelation 18:7As much as she glorified herself and indulged, so much torment and sorrow give to her, because in her heart she says, I sit [as] queen, and I am not a widow, and I will not see sorrow;
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 →