Proverbs 14:13
Good News Translation
Laughter may hide sadness. When happiness is gone, sorrow is always there.

New Revised Standard Version
Even in laughter the heart is sad, and the end of joy is grief.

Contemporary English Version
Sorrow may hide behind laughter, and happiness may end in sorrow.

New American Bible
Even in laughter the heart may be sad, and the end of joy may be sorrow.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Laughter shall be mingled with sorrow, and mourning taketh hold of the ends of joy.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Laughter shall be mingled with sorrow, and mourning taketh hold of the ends of joy.

Proverbs 5:4 Her feet go down into death, and her steps go in as far as hell.

Ecclesiastes 2:2,10,11 Laughter I counted error: and to mirth I said: Why art thou vainly deceived? . . .

Ecclesiastes 7:5,6 It is better to be rebuked by a wise man, than to be deceived by the flattery of fools. . . .

Ecclesiastes 11:9 Rejoice therefore, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart be in that which is good in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thy eyes: and know that for all these God will bring thee into judgment.

Luke 16:25 And Abraham said to him: Son, remember that thou didst receive good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted and thou art tormented.

James 4:9 Be afflicted and mourn and weep: let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into sorrow.

Revelation 18:7,8 As much as she hath glorified herself and lived in delicacies, so much torment and sorrow give ye to her. Because she saith in her heart: I sit a queen and am no widow: and sorrow I shall not see. . . .

Context
The Wise Woman
12There is a way which seemeth just to a man: but the ends thereof lead to death. 13Laughter shall be mingled with sorrow, and mourning taketh hold of the ends of joy.14A fool shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man shall be above him.…
Cross References
James 4:9
Be afflicted and mourn and weep: let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into sorrow.

Ecclesiastes 2:1
I said in my heart: I will go, and abound with delights, and enjoy good things. And I saw that this also was vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:2
Laughter I counted error: and to mirth I said: Why art thou vainly deceived?

Proverbs 14:12
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