Proverbs 14:14
The perverse in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And from himself shall the good man be satisfied.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, And the end of joy is grief.
15The simple man believeth every word; But the prudent looketh well to his steps.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:14By the fruit of a man's mouth he shall be filled with good, And the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
Jeremiah 2:19Thy wickedness shall chasten thee, And thy transgressions reprove thee; And thou shalt know and see that it is an evil and bitter thing That thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, And that the fear of me is not with thee, Saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
Jeremiah 17:5Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed be the man who trusteth in man, And maketh flesh his arm, And whose heart departeth from Jehovah!
Hosea 4:16For like a refractory heifer is Israel become refractory, Therefore will Jehovah feed them, like a lamb in a wide place.
John 4:14but whoever drinketh of the water that I will give him, will never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become within him a well of water springing up to everlasting life.
Galatians 6:4But let each one prove his own work, and then will he have his ground for boasting in himself alone, and not in comparison with another;
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:14
13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness. 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 there is some alloy or other to their… Read the whole commentary →