Proverbs 14:13
Sometimes when people laugh, they are really sad, and when they stop laughing, they are still sad.
Translation for Translators
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 2:2So I said to myself, “It is foolish to laugh all the time, and continually doing what I enjoy does not seem to bring any lasting benefit.”
Ecclesiastes 7:5It is better to pay attention to someone who is wise rebuking you than to listen to the songs of a foolish person.
Luke 16:25But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that while you (sg) were alive on earth you enjoyed many good things. But Lazarus was miserable. Now it is fair that he is happy here, and you are suffering.
Revelation 18:7To the same extent that they have boasted about themselves and done the things that they wanted to do, to that extent torment them and cause them to grieve. Do that because in their minds they think, ‘We rule as queens! We are not widows, and we will never mourn as widows do’!
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 →