Proverbs 14:13
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שְׂחוֹק
sᵉchôwq
laughter (in merriment or defiance)
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
קֵץ
qêts
an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
שִׂמְחָה
simchâh
blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)
תּוּגָה
tûwgâh
depression (of spirits); concretely a grief
Key Terms in This Verse
לֵב lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Study H3820 →Cross References
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things...
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
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