Teks -- Proverbs 14:13 (NET)

14:13 Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.

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Wesley: Pro 14:13 - In laughter

The outward signs of joy are often mixed with real sorrow.

JFB: Pro 14:13

The preceding sentiment illustrated by the disappointments of a wicked or untimely joy.

Clarke: Pro 14:13 - Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful

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.

TSK: Pro 14:13

Pro 5:4; Ecc 2:2, Ecc 2:10, Ecc 2:11, Ecc 7:5, Ecc 7:6, Ecc 11:9; Luk 16:25; Jam 4:9; Rev 18:7, Rev 18:8

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Poole: Pro 14:13

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 them, and to persuade us to seek for more solid and durable joys.

Haydock: Pro 14:13 - Laughter

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.

Gill: Pro 14:13 - Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful // and the end of that mirth is heaviness

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 conscience and fill him with sorrow, amidst his merriment; a man may put on a merry countenance, and feign a laugh, when his heart is very sorrowful; and oftentimes this sorrow comes by sinful laughter, by mocking at sin and jesting at religion;

and the end of that mirth is heaviness: sometimes in this life a sinner mourns at last, and mourns for his wicked mirth, or that he has made himself so merry with religious persons and things, and oftentimes when it is too late; so the end of that mirth the fool in the Gospel promised himself was heaviness, when his soul was required of him; this was the case of the rich man who had his good things here, and his evil things hereafter.