Proverbs 14:13

Modern

Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.

Traditional

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

Literal

Even in laughter a heart may be pained, and the end of joy is grief.

Latin

Risus dolore miscebitur, et extrema gaudii luctus occupat.

Hebrew

English

Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.

A person's appearance might not show their true feelings.

Ecclesiastes 2:2
I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”
James 4:9
Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
Luke 16:25
But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
Proverbs 5:4
…in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.
Ecclesiastes 7:5–6
It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 2:10–11
Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
Revelation 18:7–8
As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’