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Ecclesiastes 2:2
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2 “Laughter,”(A) I said, “is madness. And what does pleasure accomplish?”

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Ecclesiastes 2:2
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2 I said of laughter—“Madness!”; and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”

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Ecclesiastes 7:3
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3 Frustration is better than laughter,(A)
    because a sad face is good for the heart.

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Ecclesiastes 7:3
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3 [a]Sorrow is better than laughter,
(A)For by a sad countenance the heart is made [b]better.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 7:3 Vexation or Grief
  2. Ecclesiastes 7:3 well or pleasing
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Ecclesiastes 7:6
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6 Like the crackling of thorns(A) under the pot,
    so is the laughter(B) of fools.
    This too is meaningless.

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Ecclesiastes 7:6
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6 (A)For like the [a]crackling of thorns under a pot,
So is the laughter of the fool.
This also is vanity.

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