Jeremiah 31:18 31:18 Luke 15:7 15:7 Acts 20:21 20:21 Psalms 38:18 38:18 James 1:2 1:2 James 1:12 1:12 1 Peter 3:14 3:14 2 Corinthians 12:9 12:9 Psalms 145:18 145:18 Hebrews 10:22 10:22 Malachi 3:7 3:7 Zechariah 1:3 1:3 2 Peter 1:4 1:4 Leviticus 11:44 11:44 Titus 2:14 2:14 Ephesians 5:26 5:26 Matthew 2:16 2:16 Psalms 77:2 77:2 Jeremiah 40:1 40:1 Genesis 35:19 35:19 Psalms 119:67 119:67 1 Corinthians 11:32 11:32 Psalms 94:12 94:12 Isaiah 27:9 27:9 2 Corinthians 7:9 Romans 5:3 James 4:8 Hebrews 12:10 Jeremiah 31:15 Psalms 119:71 Ecclesiastes 7:3
Ecclesiastes 7:3
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
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This chapter in the commentary Mosiah 4 — Fallen as Dead — The Cry for Mercy, Retaining a Remission, Are We Not All Beggars, and Watch Yourselves Mosiah 18 — Waters of Mormon — The Baptismal Covenant, the Mourning-with-Them-that-Mourn, and the First Nephite Church Mosiah 23 — Alma's People in Helam — The Refused Kingship, the Liberty Doctrine, the Land Beautiful, the Amulonites Discovered, and the Lord Chasteneth Those Whom He Loveth Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge via openbible.info (CC BY) and from this project’s own chapter essays. Read Ecclesiastes 7:3 in context .