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Ecclesiastes 2:2
“ Laughter,” I said,“ is madness. And what does pleasure accomplish?” (niv)
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Ecclesiastes 2:10-11
I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure. My heart took delight in all my labor, and this was the reward for all my toil.Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun. (niv)
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Luke 16:25
“ But Abraham replied,‘ Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. (niv)
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Ecclesiastes 7:5-6
It is better to heed the rebuke of a wise person than to listen to the song of fools.Like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of fools. This too is meaningless. (niv)
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James 4:9
Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. (niv)
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Ecclesiastes 11:9
You who are young, be happy while you are young, and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your heart and whatever your eyes see, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. (niv)
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Proverbs 5:4
but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword. (niv)
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Revelation 18:7-8
Give her as much torment and grief as the glory and luxury she gave herself. In her heart she boasts,‘ I sit enthroned as queen. I am not a widow; I will never mourn.’Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her: death, mourning and famine. She will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her. (niv)