Proverbs 14:13 (BSB)

Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.

From Proverbs 14. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 14:13

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 14:13: This shows the vanity of carnal mirth, and proves what Solomon said of laughter, that it is mad; for, 1. There is sadness under it. Sometimes when sinners are under convictions, or some great trouble, they dissemble their grief by a forced mirth, and put a good face on it, because they will not seem to yield: they cry not when he binds them.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on 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...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 14:13: The preceding sentiment illustrated by the disappointments of a wicked or untimely joy.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 14:13: Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth [is] heaviness. (h) He shows the allurement to sin, that it seems sweet, but the end of it is destruction.