Ecclesiastes 7:3
Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Note Sorrow: or, Anger
Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.
Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.
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Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Sorrow
- or, Anger. is better.
- Psalm 119:67, 71; Psalm 126:5, 6; Jeremiah 31:8, 9, 15–20; Jeremiah 50:4, 5; Daniel 9:3–19; Daniel 10:2, 3, 19; Zechariah 12:10–14; Luke 6:21, 25; John 16:20–22; 2 Corinthians 7:9–11; James 4:8–10
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- Romans 5:3, 4; 2 Corinthians 4:17; Hebrews 12:10, 11; James 1:2–4