Ecclesiastes 7:6

New English Translation

For like the crackling of quick-burning thorns under a cooking pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This kind of folly also is useless.

Cross References

Psalm 118:12

They surrounded me like bees. But they disappeared as quickly as a fire among thorns. Indeed, in the name of the Lord I pushed them away.

Psalm 58:9

Before the kindling is even placed under your pots, he will sweep it away along with both the raw and cooked meat.

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise person goes to court with a foolish person, there is no peace whether he is angry or laughs.

Ecclesiastes 2:2

I said of partying, “It is folly,” and of self-indulgent pleasure, “It accomplishes nothing!”

Amos 8:10

I will turn your festivals into funerals, and all your songs into funeral dirges. I will make everyone wear funeral clothes and cause every head to be shaved bald. I will make you mourn as if you had lost your only son; when it ends it will indeed have been a bitter day.

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.

Luke 6:25

“Woe to you who are well satisfied with food now, for you will be hungry. “Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.