Ecclesiastes 7:6

Modern English Version

For like the crackling sound of thorns under a pot, so is the mocking laughter of fools. This also is vanity.

Cross References

Psalm 118:12

They surrounded me like bees; they were extinguished like a fire of thorns, but in the name of the Lord I destroyed them.

Psalm 58:9

Before your pots can feel the heat of thorns, whether green or burning, He will sweep them away with a whirlwind!

Ecclesiastes 2:2

And I said of frivolous fun, “They are only senseless ideas,” and regarding selfish pleasure, “What purpose is this?”

Luke 16:25

“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things. But now he is comforted and you are tormented.

Luke 6:25

Woe to you who are filled, for you shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.

Amos 8:10

I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into dirges; I will put sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness on every head; I will make it like the mourning for an only child, and its end like a bitter day.

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise man contends with a fool, the fool rages and laughs, and there is no rest.