A moment in scripture
Proverbs 14:13
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Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 14:11
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
- Proverbs 14:12
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
- Proverbs 14:14
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
- Proverbs 14:15
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.