Ecclesiastes 7:6

New International Version

Like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of fools. This too is meaningless.

Cross References

Psalm 118:12

They swarmed around me like bees, but they were consumed as quickly as burning thorns; in the name of the Lord I cut them down.

Psalm 58:9

Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns— whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.

Ecclesiastes 2:2

“Laughter,” I said, “is madness. And what does pleasure accomplish?”

Luke 16:25

“But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.

Luke 6:25

Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will go hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

Amos 8:10

I will turn your religious festivals into mourning and all your singing into weeping. I will make all of you wear sackcloth and shave your heads. I will make that time like mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day.

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise person goes to court with a fool, the fool rages and scoffs, and there is no peace.