Proverbs 14:13
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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?

Lexicon
Even
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

in laughter
בִּשְׂח֥וֹק (biś·ḥō·wq)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7814: Laughter, derision, sport

the heart
לֵ֑ב (lêḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

may ache,
יִכְאַב־ (yiḵ·’aḇ-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3510: To feel pain, to grieve, to spoil

and joy
שִׂמְחָ֣ה (śim·ḥāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8057: Blithesomeness, glee

may end
וְאַחֲרִיתָ֖הּ‪‬ (wə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 319: The last, end, the future, posterity

in sorrow.
תוּגָֽה׃ (ṯū·ḡāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8424: Depression, a grief


Additional Translations
Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of mirth is heaviness.

Grief mingles not with mirth; and joy in the end comes to grief.

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of mirth is sadness.

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of mirth is heaviness.

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness.

Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy is affliction.
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