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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 14:13

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful (comp. Proverbs 14:10 ). This recalls Lucretius's lines— " Medio de fonte leporum Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis fioribus angat . The text is scarcely to be taken as universally true, but either as specially applicable to those mentioned in the preceding verse, or as teaching that the outward mirth often cloaks hidden sorrow (comp. Virgil, ' AE neid,' 1.208, etc.). And the end of that joy is bitterness; it has in it no element of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 14:13

The sadness that lies behind laughter. This verse reads like one of the melancholy reflections of the pessimist preacher in Ecclesiastes. Yet there is a profound truth in it, as all thoughtful minds must recognize. Physically, intense laughter produces acute pangs. Laughter "holds his sides" with pain. Shelley sang truly— "Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught." A long laugh naturally fills the eyes with tears and dies away in a sigh of weariness. Further, a season of undue... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 14:13

(See homily on Proverbs 16:25 .)—C. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 14:12

Proverbs 14:12. There is a way which seemeth right unto a man There are some evil actions or courses which men may think to be lawful and good, either through gross ignorance, or self-flattery, or through want of necessary diligence in examining them by the rule of God’s word; all which are culpable causes of the mistake, and therefore do not excuse the error; but the end thereof are the ways of death The event shows that they were sinful and destructive. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 14:13

Proverbs 14:13. Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful Do not think that every one that laughs is happy, or that profuse and immoderate joy is true pleasure, for the outward signs of it are often mixed with, or end in, real sadness: nay, such is the vanity of this present life, that there is no joy without a mixture of sorrow, which often immediately follows upon it. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:1-35

Hidden feelings and motives (14:1-35)Wisdom builds, but folly destroys. People’s actions reveal their attitude to God (14:1-2). The wisdom of their speech and their commitment to hard work are among the things that determine whether they progress or come to ruin (3-5). Those who think they know everything can never become truly wise and therefore can never have right discernment in the moral issues of life (6-8).Good people may prosper and evil people may suffer loss, but outward appearances do... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 14:12

seemeth right = is pleasing. It only "seems" right, Illustrations: Jeroboam (1 Kings 12:27-33 ; 1 Kings 14:7-11 . Compare Proverbs 3:7 ); Josiah (2 Chronicles 35:20-24 ); Jews (Acts 13:50 ; John 16:2 . Compare Paul, Philippians 1:3 , Philippians 1:4-7 , and 1 Timothy 1:13 ). are = is. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 14:13

is: i.e. may be. Illustrations: Nabal (1 Samuel 25:36 , 1 Samuel 25:37 ); Solomon (Ecclesiastes 2:2 ); Belshazzar (Daniel 5:1-6 , Daniel 5:30 ); Israelites (Amos 6:3-7 ); Babylon (Revelation 18:7 , Revelation 18:8 ). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 14:12

"There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death."Literally and eternally true, this proverb stands as one of the Lighthouses of Proverbs. It was true of Absalom and Ahithophel; and it is true of many a worldly and irreligious man today. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 14:13

"Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of mirth is heaviness.""Like many other Proverbs in our English version, this one cannot be taken as universally true. The first clause is often rendered, and perhaps should be, "Even in laughter the heart may sorrowful."[13] "There are two kinds of laughter and mirth. There is an innocent and proper mirth; and there is an guilty and sinful mirth."[14] There is also sometimes a heavy and disconsolate heart that disguises its sorrow by a show... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 14:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 14:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 14:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 14:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 14:13

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 14:1-35

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 14:12

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 14:13

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 14:12

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 14:13

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