Ecclesiastes 7:3

Young's Literal Translation 1898

Better [is] sorrow than laughter, For by the sadness of the face the heart becometh better.

Cross References

Psalm 119:67

Before I am afflicted, I — I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept.

Psalm 119:71

Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes.

Ecclesiastes 2:2

Of laughter I said, ‘Foolish!’ and of mirth, ‘What [is] this it is doing?’

Ecclesiastes 7:4

The heart of the wise [is] in a house of mourning, And the heart of fools in a house of mirth.

Daniel 10:19

and he saith: Do not fear, O man greatly desired, peace to thee, be strong, yea, be strong; and when he speaketh with me, I have strengthened myself, and I say, Let my lord speak, for thou hast strengthened me.

Luke 6:21

‘Happy those hungering now — because ye shall be filled. ‘Happy those weeping now — because ye shall laugh.

Luke 6:25

‘Woe to you who have been filled — because ye shall hunger. ‘Woe to you who are laughing now — because ye shall mourn and weep.

2 Corinthians 4:17

for the momentary light matter of our tribulation, more and more exceedingly an age-during weight of glory doth work out for us —