Ecclesiastes 7:3

A Conservative Version

Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 4:17

For our slight momentary affliction works for us an eternal weight of glory from extraordinariness to extraordinariness,

Luke 6:25

Woe to you who are filled now, because ye will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, because ye will mourn and weep.

Luke 6:21

Blessed are those who hunger now, because ye will be filled. Blessed are those who weep now, because ye will laugh.

Daniel 10:19

And he said, O man greatly beloved, fear not. Peace be to thee. Be strong, yea, be strong. And when he spoke to me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak, for thou have strengthened me.

Psalm 119:71

It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn thy statutes.

Psalm 119:67

Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I observe thy word.

Ecclesiastes 2:2

I said of laughter, It is mad, and of mirth, What does it do?

Ecclesiastes 7:4

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.