Ecclesiastes 7:3

Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

Good is grief above laughter: for in the illness of the face the heart shall be good.

Cross References

Psalm 119:67

Before I shall be humbled I go astray: and now I watched thy word.

Psalm 119:71

Good for me that thou didst humble me, so that I shall learn thy laws.

Ecclesiastes 2:2

To laughter I said, It is mad: and to gladness, What did this?

Ecclesiastes 7:4

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; and the heart of the foolish in the house of gladness.

Daniel 10:19

And he will say, Thou shalt not fear, O man of desires: peace to thee; be strong, and be strong. And in his speaking with me I was strengthened, and saying, My lord shall speak; for thou didst strengthen me.

Luke 6:21

Happy the hungering now: for ye shall be satisfied. Happy the weeping now: for ye shall laugh.

Luke 6:25

Woe to you having been filled for ye shall hunger. Woe to you laughing now! for ye shall grieve and weep.

2 Corinthians 4:17

For the present moment the lightness of our pressure works to us an eternal weight of glory, as eminence upon eminence;