Ecclesiastes 7:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.”
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“Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Better <FI>is<Fi> sorrow than laughter, For by the sadness of the face the heart becometh better.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 7:3 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 119:67Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.
- Psalms 119:71It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
- Psalms 126:5Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.
- Ecclesiastes 2:2I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”
- Jeremiah 31:8Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!
- Jeremiah 31:15This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
- Jeremiah 50:4“In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.
- Daniel 9:3So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
- Daniel 10:2In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three full weeks.
- Daniel 10:19“Do not be afraid, you who are highly precious,” he said. “Peace be with you! Be strong now; be very strong!” As he spoke with me, I was strengthened and said, “Speak, my lord, for you have strengthened me.”
- Zechariah 12:10Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
- Luke 6:21Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
- Luke 6:25Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
- John 16:20Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
- Romans 5:3Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
- 2 Corinthians 4:17For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
- 2 Corinthians 7:9And now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.
- Hebrews 12:10Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.
- James 1:2Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
- James 4:8Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
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