Ecclesiastes 7:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Choose sorrow over laughter because a sad face may hide a happy heart.

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Once you corrected me for not obeying you, but now I obey.

When you corrected me, it did me good because it taught me to study your laws.

Laughing and having fun is mad. What good does it do?

A sensible person mourns, but fools always laugh.

God will bless you hungry people. You will have plenty to eat! God will bless you people who are crying. You will laugh!

You well-fed people are in for trouble. You will go hungry! You people who are laughing now are in for trouble. You are going to cry and weep!

These little troubles are getting us ready for an eternal glory that will make all our troubles seem like nothing.