Proverbios 14:13

13 Aun en la risa tendrá dolor el corazón; Y el término de la alegría es congoja.

Proverbios 14:13 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 14:13

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful
As Belshazzar's was in the midst of his feast and jollity, when he saw the writing on the wall; so sin may stare a man in the face, and guilt load his conscience and fill him with sorrow, amidst his merriment; a man may put on a merry countenance, and feign a laugh, when his heart is very sorrowful; and oftentimes this sorrow comes by sinful laughter, by mocking at sin and jesting at religion; and the end of that mirth [is] heaviness:
sometimes in this life a sinner mourns at last, and mourns for his wicked mirth, or that he has made himself so merry with religious persons and things, and oftentimes when it is too late; so the end of that mirth the fool in the Gospel promised himself was heaviness, when his soul was required of him; this was the case of the rich man who had his good things here, and his evil things hereafter.

Proverbios 14:13 In-Context

11 La casa de los impíos será asolada: Mas florecerá la tienda de los rectos.

12 Hay camino que al hombre parece derecho; Empero su fin son caminos de muerte.

13 Aun en la risa tendrá dolor el corazón; Y el término de la alegría es congoja.

14 De sus caminos será harto el apartado de razón: Y el hombre de bien estará contento del suyo.

15 El simple cree á toda palabra: Mas el avisado entiende sus pasos.