"I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?"
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And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
Of laughing I said, It is foolish; and of joy--What use is it?
I said of laughter, Madness! and of mirth, What availeth it?
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
I said of laughter, "It is foolishness;" and of mirth, "What does it accomplish?"
Of laughter I said, `Foolish!' and of mirth, `What `is' this it is doing?'