Proverbs 14:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Even in laughter the heart is sad, and the end of joy is grief.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

The heart feels pain even in laughter, and in the end, joy turns to sorrow.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Laughter shall be mingled with sorrow, and mourning occupies the limits of joy.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Laughter shall be mingled with sorrow, and mourning taketh hold of the end of joy.

Proverbs 14:13 Cross References

Proverbs 5:4

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

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the inclination of your heart and the desire of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Ecclesiastes 2:1

I said to myself, “Come now, I will make a test of pleasure; enjoy yourself.” But again, this also was vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:2

I said of laughter, “It is mad,” and of pleasure, “What use is it?”

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus in like manner evil things, but now he is comforted here, and you are in agony.

James 4:9

Lament and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into dejection.