Ecclesiastes 7:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of countenance the heart is made glad.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better and gains gladness. [II Cor. 7:10.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³ Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.

Common English Bible

³ Aggravation is better than merriment because a sad face may lead to a glad heart.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ It is better to go to a house of mourning, than to a house of feasting. For in the former, we are admonished about the end of all things, so that the living consider what may be in the future.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting: for in that we are put in mind of the end of all, and the living thinketh what is to come.

Ecclesiastes 7:3 Références croisées

Psalm 119:67

Before I was humbled I went astray, but now I keep your word.

Psalm 119:71

It is good for me that I was humbled, so that I might learn your statutes.

Ecclesiastes 2:2

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

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.

Daniel 10:19

He said, “Do not fear, greatly beloved; you are safe. Be strong and courageous!” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, “Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.”

Luke 6:21

“Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled. “Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

Luke 6:25

“Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry. “Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep.

2 Corinthians 4:17

For our slight, momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure,