Proverbs 14:13 · KJV
“Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth {is} heaviness.”
— Proverbs 14:13
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof {are} the ways of death.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man {shall be satisfied} from himself.
Proverbs 14 — Context
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
12There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof {are} the ways of death.
13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth {is} heaviness.
14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man {shall be satisfied} from himself.
15The simple believeth every word: but the prudent {man} looketh well to his going.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 2:2
I said of laughter, {It is} mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
James 4:9
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and {your} joy to heaviness.
Ecclesiastes 7:5-6
{It is} better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these {things} God will bring thee into judgment.
Proverbs 5:4
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
Luke 16:25
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.
Ecclesiastes 2:10-11
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
Revelation 18:7-8
How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.