Ecclesiastes 2:2
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I said of laughter, "It is madness," and of pleasure, "What does it accomplish?" (NASB ©1995)

Proverbs 14:13 Even in laughter the heart may be in pain, And the end of joy may be grief.

Ecclesiastes 7:3 Sorrow is better than laughter, For when a face is sad a heart may be happy.

Ecclesiastes 7:6 For as the crackling of thorn bushes under a pot, So is the laughter of the fool; And this too is futility. (NASB ©1995)


I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

i said Solomon is not speaking here of sober enjoyment of the things of the world, but of an intemperate pleasure whose two attendants, laughter and mirth are introduced by a beautiful prosopopaeia, as in two persons, whom he treats with the utmost contempt.

it is 7:2-6 Pr 14:13 Isa 22:12,13 Am 6:3-6 1Pe 4:2-4

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