Ecclesiastes 7:3

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Ecclesiastes 7:3

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.

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KJV

King James Version

Sorrow [is] better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

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WEB

World English Bible

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.

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ASV

American Standard Version

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ecclesiastes 7

¹ A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.

² It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.

³ Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.

⁴ The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.

⁵ It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.

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