Verse 6

Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 58:9 : 9 Before they are conscious of it, let them be cut down like thorns; let a strong wind take them away like waste growth.
  • Ps 118:12 : 12 They are round me like bees; but they are put out like a fire among thorns; for in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.
  • Eccl 2:2 : 2 Of laughing I said, It is foolish; and of joy--What use is it?
  • Isa 65:13-15 : 13 For this cause says the Lord God, My servants will have food, but you will be in need of food: my servants will have drink, but you will be dry: my servants will have joy, but you will be shamed: 14 My servants will make songs in the joy of their hearts, but you will be crying for sorrow, and making sounds of grief from a broken spirit. 15 And your name will become a curse to my people, and the Lord God will put you to death, and give his servants another name:
  • Amos 8:10 : 10 Your feasts will be turned into sorrow and all your melody into songs of grief; everyone will be clothed with haircloth, and the hair of every head will be cut; I will make the weeping like that for an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.
  • Luke 6:25 : 25 Unhappy are you who are full of food now: for you will be in need. Unhappy are you who are laughing now: for you will be crying in sorrow.
  • Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.
  • 2 Pet 2:13-17 : 13 For the evil which overtakes them is the reward of their evil-doing: such men take their pleasure in the delights of the flesh even in the daytime; they are like the marks of a disease, like poisoned wounds among you, feasting together with you in joy; 14 Having eyes full of evil desire, never having enough of sin; turning feeble souls out of the true way; they are children of cursing, whose hearts are well used to bitter envy; 15 Turning out of the true way, they have gone wandering in error, after the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who was pleased to take payment for wrongdoing; 16 But his wrongdoing was pointed out to him: an ass, talking with a man's voice, put a stop to the error of the prophet. 17 These are fountains without water, and mists before a driving storm; for whom the eternal night is kept in store.
  • Jude 1:12-13 : 12 These men are unseen rocks at your love-feasts, when they take part in them with you, keepers of sheep who without fear take the food of the sheep; clouds without water rushing before the wind, wasted trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots, 13 Violent waves of the sea, streaming with their shame, wandering stars for whom the darkest night is kept in store for ever.
  • Prov 29:9 : 9 If a wise man goes to law with a foolish man, he may be angry or laughing, but there will be no rest.