Ecclesiastes 7:6

King James Version 1611 (Original)

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 58:9 : 9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
  • Ps 118:12 : 12 They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
  • Eccl 2:2 : 2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
  • Isa 65:13-15 : 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: 14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit. 15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
  • Amos 8:10 : 10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
  • Luke 6:25 : 25 Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
  • Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
  • 2 Pet 2:13-17 : 13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; 14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: 15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; 16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet. 17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
  • Jude 1:12-13 : 12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; 13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
  • Prov 29:9 : 9 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

    4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

    5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

  • Eccl 2:1-2
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    1 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.

    2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

  • Prov 10:23
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    23 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

  • Prov 14:13
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    13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

  • Prov 29:9
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    9 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

  • Prov 26:9
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    9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

  • Prov 26:4-5
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    4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

    5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.

  • Eccl 2:14-16
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    14 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

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    16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.

  • Eccl 6:8-9
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    8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

    9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

  • Prov 14:7-9
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    7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

    8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

    9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

  • Prov 15:14
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    14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

  • Prov 1:26
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    26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

  • Eccl 7:9
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    9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

  • Eccl 12:8
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    8 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.

  • Prov 27:22
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    22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

  • Eccl 10:13-14
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    13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

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  • Eccl 7:7
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    7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

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    11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

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  • Prov 12:15-16
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    15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

    16 A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.

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    16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

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    23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

  • Eccl 9:17
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    17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

  • Prov 13:16
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    16 Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.

  • Prov 26:11-12
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    11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

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  • Prov 26:19
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    19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

  • Ps 52:6
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    6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

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    24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

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    7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

  • Prov 17:21
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    21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.