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Proverbs 14

Prov. 14:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Evenk in laughter
schowq (Hebrew #7814)
from 7832; laughter (in merriment or defiance)
KJV usage: derision, laughter(-ed to scorn, -ing), mocked, sport.
Pronounce: sekh-oke'
Origin: or schoq {sekh-oke'}
the heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
is sorrowful
ka'ab (Hebrew #3510)
properly, to feel pain; by implication, to grieve; figuratively, to spoil
KJV usage: grieving, mar, have pain, make sad (sore), (be) sorrowful.
Pronounce: kaw-ab'
Origin: a primitive root
; and the end
'achariyth (Hebrew #319)
the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity
KJV usage: (last, latter) end (time), hinder (utter) -most, length, posterity, remnant, residue, reward.
Pronounce: akh-ar-eeth'
Origin: from 310
of that mirth
simchah (Hebrew #8057)
blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)
KJV usage: X exceeding(-ly), gladness, joy(-fulness), mirth, pleasure, rejoice(-ing).
Pronounce: sim-khaw'
Origin: from 8056
is heaviness
tuwgah (Hebrew #8424)
depression (of spirits); concretely a grief
KJV usage: heaviness, sorrow.
Pronounce: too-gaw'
Origin: from 3013
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Eccl. 2:2• 2I said of laughter, [It is] mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? (Eccl. 2:2)

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Prov. 5:4• 4But her end is bitter as wormwood,{HR}Sharp as a two-edged sword. (Prov. 5:4)
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Eccl. 2:2,10‑11• 2I said of laughter, [It is] mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
 10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them:{HR}I withheld not my heart from any joy,{HR}For my heart rejoiced because of my labour.
 11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought,{HR}And on the labour that I had laboured to do:{HR}And, behold, all [was] vanity and a striving after wind,{HR}And there was no profit under the sun. (Eccl. 2:2,10‑11)
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Eccl. 7:5‑6• 5[It is] better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise,{HR}Than to hear the song of fools.
 6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot,{HR}So [is] the laughter of the fool.{HR}This also [is] vanity. (Eccl. 7:5‑6)
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Eccl. 11:9• 9Rejoice, young man, in thy youth;{HR}And let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth,{HR}And walk in the ways of thy heart,{HR}And in the sight of thine eyes;{HR}But know that for all these [things]{HR}God will bring thee into judgment.{HR} (Eccl. 11:9)
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Luke 16:25• 25But Abraham said, Child, remember that thou hast fully received thy good things in thy lifetime, likewise Lazarus evil things; but now here he is comforted, and thou art in suffering. (Luke 16:25)
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James 4:9• 9Sorrow, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned unto mourning, and [your] joy unto heaviness. (James 4:9)
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Rev. 18:7‑8• 7How much she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so much torment and mourning give her. Because in her heart she saith, I sit a queen and am no widow and shall in no wise see mourning;
 8therefore in one day shall her plagues come, death and mourning and famine; and she shall be utterly burnt with fire: for strong is the Lord God that judged her. (Rev. 18:7‑8)
• Though they laugh, the heart is not at rest, and their mirth is destined to end in madness. (“Proverbs Fourteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful,{HR}And the end of mirth [is] sadness.