Ecclesiastes 7:3

New Living Translation

³Sorrow is better than laughter,
for sadness has a refining influence on us.

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Ecclesiastes 7:3 in all English translations

New Living Translation (NLT)

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

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