Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 7:10Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
Ecclesiastes 2:2I said of laughter, "It is folly," and of pleasure, "What does it accomplish?"
Ecclesiastes 7:4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.
Treasury of Scripture
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
sorrow is better
Psalm 119:67,71
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word…
Psalm 126:5,6
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy…
Jeremiah 31:8,9,15-20
Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither…
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Romans 5:3,4
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; …
2 Corinthians 4:17
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
Hebrews 12:10,11
For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness…
