Proverbs 14:13

Grief mingles not with mirth; and joy in the end comes to grief.

LXX2012 (British)

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 to be right with men, but the ends of it + 14:12 Gr. come. reach to the depths of hell.

14A + 14:14 Lit. bold-hearted. stout-hearted man shall be filled with his own ways; and a good man with his own thoughts.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:2I said to laughter, Madness: and to mirth, Why do you this:

Ecclesiastes 7:5The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

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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