Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart will be made better.
LXX2012
Ecclesiastes 7:3
[It is] better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the banquet house: since this is the end of every man; and the living man will apply good [warning] to his heart.
Parallel Translations
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 7:9–11Romans 5:3–4James 4:8–10James 1:2–4John 16:20–22Jeremiah 31:15–20Hebrews 12:10–112 Corinthians 4:17Daniel 10:19Jeremiah 31:8–9Luke 6:25Psalms 119:67Psalms 119:71Luke 6:21Zechariah 12:10–14
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