Ecclesiastes 7:6

New King James Version

For like the crackling of thorns under a pot, So is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

Cross References

Psalm 118:12

They surrounded me like bees; They were quenched like a fire of thorns; For in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.

Psalm 58:9

Before your pots can feel the burning thorns, He shall take them away as with a whirlwind, As in His living and burning wrath.

Ecclesiastes 2:2

I said of laughter—“Madness!”; and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”

Luke 16:25

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

Luke 6:25

Woe to you who are full, 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 lamentation; I will bring sackcloth on every waist, And baldness on every head; I will make it like mourning for an only son, And its end like a bitter day.

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise man contends with a foolish man, Whether the fool rages or laughs, there is no peace.