Ecclesiastes 7:6

Good News Translation

When a fool laughs, it is like thorns crackling in a fire. It doesn't mean a thing.

Cross References

Psalm 118:12

They swarmed around me like bees, but they burned out as quickly as a brush fire; by the power of the Lord I destroyed them.

Psalm 58:9

Before they know it, they are cut down like weeds; in his fierce anger God will blow them away while they are still living.

Proverbs 29:9

When an intelligent person brings a lawsuit against a fool, the fool only laughs and becomes loud and abusive.

Ecclesiastes 2:2

I discovered that laughter is foolish, that pleasure does you no good.

Amos 8:10

I will turn your festivals into funerals and change your glad songs into cries of grief. I will make you shave your heads and wear sackcloth, and you will be like parents mourning for their only child. That day will be bitter to the end.

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, ‘Remember, my son, that in your lifetime you were given all the good things, while Lazarus got all the bad things. But now he is enjoying himself here, while you are in pain.

Luke 6:25

“How terrible for you who are full now; you will go hungry! “How terrible for you who laugh now; you will mourn and weep!