Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.(Ecclesiastes 7:3)
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.(Ecclesiastes 7:4)
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.(Ecclesiastes 7:5)
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.(Ecclesiastes 7:7)
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.(Ecclesiastes 7:8)
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.(Ecclesiastes 7:9)
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Ecclesiastes 7:6 - Cross Reference
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? (Ecclesiastes 2:2)
But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. (Luke 16:25)
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. (Psalm 58:9)
If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest. (Proverbs 29:9)
Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. (Luke 6:25)
These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; (Jude 1:12)
And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; (2 Peter 2:13)
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: (Isaiah 65:13)
They compassed me about like bees: they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. (Psalm 118:12)
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day. (Amos 8:10)