Ecclesiastes 7:3
Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Ecclesiastes 7
2 songs meet this passage
“Maybe I'm too emotional”
good 4 u · Olivia Rodrigo
resonates with Ecclesiastes 7:3
Sorrow can do necessary work on the heart; the song's self-doubt about feeling too much echoes this tension between grief and growth.
Back to the Old House · The Smiths
resonates with Ecclesiastes 7:2-4
The song sits in the house of mourning, unresolved grief treated as more honest than denial, much like the Preacher's observation.
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