Ecclesiastes 7:6

New Living Translation

A fool’s laughter is quickly gone, like thorns crackling in a fire. This also is meaningless.

Cross References

Psalm 118:12

They swarmed around me like bees; they blazed against me like a crackling fire. But I destroyed them all with the authority of the Lord.

Psalm 58:9

God will sweep them away, both young and old, faster than a pot heats over burning thorns.

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise person takes a fool to court, there will be ranting and ridicule but no satisfaction.

Ecclesiastes 2:2

So I said, “Laughter is silly. What good does it do to seek pleasure?”

Amos 8:10

I will turn your celebrations into times of mourning and your singing into weeping. You will wear funeral clothes and shave your heads to show your sorrow— as if your only son had died. How very bitter that day will be!

Luke 16:25

“But Abraham said to him, ‘Son, remember that during your lifetime you had everything you wanted, and Lazarus had nothing. So now he is here being comforted, and you are in anguish.

Luke 6:25

What sorrow awaits you who are fat and prosperous now, for a time of awful hunger awaits you. What sorrow awaits you who laugh now, for your laughing will turn to mourning and sorrow.