Ecclesiastes 7:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Ecclesiastes 7:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Ecclesiastes 7:3 is a verse from the book of Ecclesiastes in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. Sorrow: or, Anger" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Ecclesiastes 7:3 — KJV
“Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. Sorrow: or, Anger”
— Ecclesiastes 7:3 (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 7:3 in Context — About the Book of Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes is the Bible's most unflinching look at life under the sun — wealth, pleasure, work, and wisdom all tested and found fleeting. Its honesty disarms cynics, then lands on bedrock: fear God, keep His commands, and receive each ordinary day as His gift.
Cross-References for Ecclesiastes 7:3
“Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 7:3: better, than, heart
“And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow. an...: or, half a furrow of an acre of land”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 7:3: than, laughter, made
“And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand. perish: Heb. be consumed”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 7:3: better, than, heart
“And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 7:3: than, made, anger
“But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better than thyself:”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 7:3: better, than, made
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