 | Thomas Reid - 1822 - 432 pągines
...his own confession that he was far from being happy; that in the words of the wise king of Israel, " even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of that mirth is heaviness*." His mind is perpetually haunted with misgivings and slavish terrors, because guilt is always attended... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1822 - 454 pągines
...they think more high and vivid pleasures. But of what nature are those pleasures ? Even in daughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of that mirth is heaviness.* At the bottom of the hearts of all men, there lies a secret sense of propriety, virtue, and honour.... | |
 | Jesse Appleton - 1822 - 448 pągines
...reflection may obtrude itself, in the midst of splendid and loud festivity. " In the midst of mirth, the heart is sorrowful : and the end of that mirth is heaviness." Who could have been less exposed to care and anxious thought; who could have been in a better condition... | |
 | 1858 - 1194 pągines
...afford a certain low gratification ; but even this is transient. " Even in laughter," says Solomon, " the heart is sorrowful ; and the end of that mirth is heaviness." The fabled apples of Sodom are fascinating to the eye, but they crumble into dust at the touch. Airy... | |
 | 1827 - 916 pągines
...setve God and mammon," frequently occurred to his mind, and embittered all his pleasures. He felt that "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful ; and the end of that inirtli is heaviness." He saw vanity written in deep and legible characters upon every thing below... | |
 | 1823 - 154 pągines
...duties. 1. Are we prone to self-deception ? There is a way which seemeth right nato a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. Even in laughter,...sorrowful ; and the end of that mirth is heaviness. (14 Pr. 12, 13.) 2. Haul should the heart be kept ? Keep thy heart with all diligence ; for out of... | |
 | Herman Witsius - 1823 - 682 pągines
...you."k " Say henceforth of " laughter, it is mad, and of mirth, what doth it?"1 — knowing that " even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, " and the end of that mirth is heaviness."m Why do you delight in bowls overflowing with wine, whilst the cup of God's fury awaiteth... | |
 | Herman Witsius - 1823 - 806 pągines
...you."k " Say henceforth of " laughter, it is mad, and of mirth, what doth it ?"1 — knowing that " even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, " and the end of that mirth is heaviness."i" Why do you delight in bowls overflowing with wine, whilst the cup of God's fury awaiteth... | |
 | Charles Drelincourt - 1824 - 654 pągines
...hypocrite but for a moment, Job. xx. 5. There is always some thorn in the flesh, some secret uneasiness : Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful ;and the end of that mirth is heaviness, Prov. xiv. 13. 35. But the holy joy, the celestial delight of one that fears God, and worships him... | |
 | Benjamin Beddome - 1824 - 366 pągines
...the temporary satisfaction obtained in this way, ends in disappointment and remorse. Amidst such " laughter, the heart is sorrowful ; and the end of that mirth is heaviness." Prov. xiv. 13. 3. The joy to which we are invited is not intended to render us insensible to affliction,... | |
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There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death. 
