Verse Proverbs 14:13. Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful] Many a time is a smile forced upon the face, when the heart is in deep distress. And it is a hard task to put on the face of mirth, when a man has a heavy heart.
Sorrow of some kind either mingles itself with outward joy, or follows hard upon it....
CHAPTER 14 THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH: THE RICH AND THE POOR The contrast now concerns the wise and the foolish, the rich and the poor. Let us see some of these contrasts. “In the mouth of the foolish i...
PROVERBS 14. In this, as in each of the preceding Chapter s in this section, aphorisms on the moral government of the world come first in number. There are rather more in this chapter of a political a...
IS: i.e. may be. Illustrations: Nabal (1 Samuel 25:36; 1 Samuel 25:37); Solomon (Ecclesiastes 2:2); Belshazzar (Daniel 5:1;...
_that mirth_ Rather, MIRTH. The statement is general though not universal. "The bright talker, the merry jester, the singer of the gay song, goes home when the party separates, and on his threshold he...
DISCOURSE: 785 THE VANITY OF CARNAL MIRTH Proverbs 14:13. _Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness_. WE are apt to imagine, that whatever is sanctioned by the...
TEXT Proverbs 14:13-24 13. Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of mirth is heaviness. 14. The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And a good man shall be sati...
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness. EVEN IN LAUGHTER THE HEART IS SORROWFUL - (cf. Proverbs 14:10.) The Hebrew for "is sorrowful" [ yikª'ab (H3510)] exp...
1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife (Proverbs 31:10)....
Men do not always wear their heart on their sleeve. Black Care sits behind the horseman....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 14 V1 The wise woman builds her house. The foolish woman pulls down her own house with her own hands....
When we laugh, sometimes we are sad. Other people do not know this. They think that we are happy if we laugh. God knows our real feelings. He cares about us. V14 A man will receive what he deserves....
EVEN IN LAUGHTER THE HEART IS SORROWFUL. — By this God would teach us that nothing can satisfy the soul of man but Himself, and so would urge us to seek Him, who is the only true object of our desires...
גַּם ־בִּ שְׂחֹ֥וק יִכְאַב ־לֵ֑ב וְ֝ אַחֲרִית
CHAPTER 15 THE INWARD UNAPPROACHABLE LIFE "The heart knoweth its own bitterness and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy."- Proverbs 14:10 "Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the...
Verse Proverbs 14:7. The sense of this proverb is entirely altered in the Revision. The Authorized reading would make it mean that if a man is perceived to be devoid of knowledge he should be abandone...
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; (h) and the end of that mirth [is] heaviness. (h) He shows the allurement to sin, that it seems sweet, but the end of it is destruction....
_Laughter. Septuagint, "with his counsels," enjoying the content of a good conscience, and a heavenly reward; while the wicked, with all his self-approbation, shall be punished._...
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish. There is a way wh...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
EVEN IN LAUGHTER THE HEART IS SORROWFUL,.... As Belshazzar's was in the midst of his feast and jollity, when he saw the writing on the wall; so sin may stare a man in the face, and guilt load his cons...
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth [is] heaviness. Ver. 13. _Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful._] _Nulla est sincera voluptas. Labor est etiam ipsa voluptas._ Of...
_Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful_ Do not think that every one that laughs is happy, or that profuse and immoderate joy is true pleasure, for the outward signs of it are often mixed with, or en...
V. 13. EVEN IN LAUGHTER THE HEART IS SORROWFUL, that is, a person may hide a deep sorrow under a superficial joyousness; AND THE END OF THAT MIRTH IS HEAVINESS, for trouble will invariably cut short s...
The outward signs of joy are commonly mixed with or end in real and hearty sorrow. The design of the proverb is to declare the vanity of all worldly joys and comforts, and to teach men moderation in t...
Proverbs 14:13 laughter H7814 heart H3820 sorrow H3510 (H8799) end H319 mirth H8057 grief H8424...
WE ARE TO FOLLOW THE WAYS OF THE WISE AND SHREWD, NOT THE WAYS OF THE FOOLISH (PROVERBS 14:7). The whole emphasis of Proverbs is on following God's wisdom. By doing so the shrewd man understands his w...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The house of the wicked, though built ever so strong and high, shall be brought to disgrace and at length made extinct. The...
Proverbs 14:1. _Every wise woman buildeth her house,_ as Proverbs 9:1, by training up her children to industry, piety and virtue. She is their first governess, and daily instils the elements of knowle...
_Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness._ ON A LIFE OF DISSIPATION AND PLEASURE We have much reason to beware lest a rash and unwary pursuit of pleasure defea...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 14:8 This section begins and ends with contrasts between the PRUDENT (vv. Proverbs 14:8,...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 14:13. THE HEART IS SORROWFUL, or “will be” (perchance). _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 14:13_ TRUE AND FALSE MIRTH This proverb, as it stands in our English version, cannot...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 14:1 EVERY WISE WOMAN BUILDETH HER HOUSE. Wise women order well their household matters and their families; they have an important influence, and exercise it beneficially. Γυναι...
Continuation of the contrasting of goodness and evil. Every wise woman (Proverbs 14:1) And wise and foolish contrasted always, too. Every wise woman builds her house (Proverbs 14:1): She takes care...
Ecclesiastes 11:9; Ecclesiastes 2:10; Ecclesiastes 2:11; Ecclesiastes 2:2;...
In laughter — The outward signs of joy are often mixed with real sorrow....