Ecclesiastes 7:3

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.

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WEBBE

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.

BSB

Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.

KJV

Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

ASV

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.

BBE

Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.