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IS LAUGHTER GOOD OR BAD?
Ecclesiastes 8:15  Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. (KJV)


Ecclesiastes 7:3  Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. (KJV)

Again, both can be true, depending on the situation.  In fact, if you look earlier in this book, you'll see that, "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven...A time to weep, and a time to laugh;" (Ecclesiastes 3:1&4, KJV).  Not a contradiction.

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