Proverbs 14:13
Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness.
World Messianic Bible
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, but in the end it leads to death.
14The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 2:2I said of laughter, “It is foolishness;” and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”
Ecclesiastes 7:5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Luke 16:25“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But here he is now comforted and you are in anguish.
Revelation 18:7However much she glorified herself and grew wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning. For she says in her heart, ‘I sit a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see mourning.’
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 →