Proverbs 14:13
Laughing shall be meddled with sorrow (or Laughter shall be mixed, or mingled, with sorrow); and mourning occupieth the last things of joy.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
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 2:2And laughing I areckoned error, and I said to joy, What art thou, deceived in vain? (And I reckoned laughter as but error, and I said to joy, Of what value art thou?)
Ecclesiastes 7:5It is better to be reproved of a wise man, than to be deceived by the flattering of fools; (It is better to be rebuked by a wise person, than to be deceived by the flattery of fools;)
Luke 16:25And Abraham said to him, Son, have mind (or remember), for thou hast received good things in thy life, and Lazarus also evil things; but he is now comforted, and thou art tormented.
Revelation 18:7As much as she glorified herself, and was in delights, so much torment give ye to her, and wailing, [or weeping, or mourning]; for in her heart she saith, I sit a queen, and I am not a widow, and I shall not see wailing, [or weeping, or 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 →