Proverbs 14:13

Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, 2 and mirth may end in heaviness. 1

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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 which seems right to a man, 2 but in the end it leads to death. 1

14The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; 2 likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways. 1

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Cross References

Luke 16:25“But Abraham [Father of a multitude] said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus [Help of God], in the same way, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish.

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 →

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