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Ecclesiastes 2:2
So I said,“ Laughter is silly. What good does it do to seek pleasure?”
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Ecclesiastes 2:10-11
Anything I wanted, I would take. I denied myself no pleasure. I even found great pleasure in hard work, a reward for all my labors.But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, it was all so meaningless— like chasing the wind. There was nothing really worthwhile anywhere.
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Luke 16:25
“ But Abraham said to him,‘ Son, remember that during your lifetime you had everything you wanted, and Lazarus had nothing. So now he is here being comforted, and you are in anguish.
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Ecclesiastes 7:5-6
Better to be criticized by a wise person than to be praised by a fool.A fool’s laughter is quickly gone, like thorns crackling in a fire. This also is meaningless.
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James 4:9
Let there be tears for what you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy.
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Ecclesiastes 11:9
Young people, it’s wonderful to be young! Enjoy every minute of it. Do everything you want to do; take it all in. But remember that you must give an account to God for everything you do.
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Proverbs 5:4
But in the end she is as bitter as poison, as dangerous as a double edged sword.
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Revelation 18:7-8
She glorified herself and lived in luxury, so match it now with torment and sorrow. She boasted in her heart,‘ I am queen on my throne. I am no helpless widow, and I have no reason to mourn.’Therefore, these plagues will overtake her in a single day— death and mourning and famine. She will be completely consumed by fire, for the Lord God who judges her is mighty.”