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Ecclesiastes 7:3-6
New King James Version
Ecclesiastes 7:3-6
New King James Version
3 [a]Sorrow is better than laughter,
(A)For by a sad countenance the heart is made [b]better.
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,
But the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5 (B)It is better to [c]hear the rebuke of the wise
Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
6 (C)For like the [d]crackling of thorns under a pot,
So is the laughter of the fool.
This also is vanity.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 7:3 Vexation or Grief
- Ecclesiastes 7:3 well or pleasing
- Ecclesiastes 7:5 listen to
- Ecclesiastes 7:6 Lit. sound
New King James Version (NKJV) 
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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