Proverbs 14:13 “Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.”

Proverbs 14:13

Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of mirth is heaviness.

Geneva Bible 1599

Euen in laughing the heart is sorowful, and the ende of that mirth is heauinesse.

Darby Translation

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of mirth is sadness.

Young's Literal Translation

Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy [is] affliction.

Bible in Basic English

Even while laughing the heart may be sad; and after joy comes sorrow.

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Cross references

“Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.”

Ecclesiastes 2:2 James 4:9 Proverbs 5:4 Ecclesiastes 11:9 Luke 16:25 Ecclesiastes 2:10

Ecclesiastes 2:2 · BSB

I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”

James 4:9 · BSB

Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.

Proverbs 5:4 · BSB

in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.

Ecclesiastes 11:9 · BSB

Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judg…

Luke 16:25 · BSB

But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

Ecclesiastes 2:10 · BSB

Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

14The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.

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