Ecclesiastes 2:2
I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”
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- Proverbs 14:13 Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.
- Ecclesiastes 7:2–4 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. Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.
- 1 Peter 4:2–4 Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God. For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry. Because of this, they consider it strange of you not to plunge with them into the same flood of reckless indiscretion, and they heap abuse on you.