Proverbios 14:13

13 Aun en la risa, el corazón puede tener dolor, y el final de la alegría puede ser tristeza.

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 destruida, pero la tienda de los rectos florecerá.

12 Hay camino que al hombre le parece derecho, pero al final, es camino de muerte.

13 Aun en la risa, el corazón puede tener dolor, y el final de la alegría puede ser tristeza.

14 El de corazón descarriado se saciará de sus caminos, pero el hombre bueno estará satisfecho con el suyo.

15 El simple todo lo cree, pero el prudente mira bien sus pasos.