Key Verse Spotlight
Proverbs 14:13 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth {is} heaviness.”
Proverbs 14:13
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof {are} the ways of death.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth {is} heaviness.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man {shall be satisfied} from himself.
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent {man} looketh well to his going.
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