Ecclesiastes 7:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 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 surrounded me like bees; they are quenched like 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 madness," and of mirth, "What does it accomplish?"
  • Isa 65:13-15 : 13 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, 'Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be ashamed; 14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but you shall cry for sorrow of heart, and wail for vexation of spirit. 15 You shall leave your name as a curse for my chosen, for the Lord GOD will slay you 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; I will bring sackcloth upon all waists, and baldness upon every head; I will make it like mourning for an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.
  • Luke 6:25 : 25 Woe to you that are full! for you shall hunger. Woe to you that laugh now! for you shall mourn and weep.
  • Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and you are tormented.
  • 2 Pet 2:13-17 : 13 And will receive the wages of unrighteousness, as those who count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, reveling in their own deceptions while they banquet with you; 14 Having eyes full of adultery and unable to cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. They have a heart trained in covetous practices and are accursed children. 15 They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; 16 But was rebuked for his iniquity; the dumb donkey speaking with a man's voice restrained the madness of the prophet. 17 These are wells without water, clouds carried by a tempest, to whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever.
  • Jude 1:12-13 : 12 These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots; 13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.
  • Prov 29:9 : 9 If a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether he rages or laughs, there is no rest.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 7:3-5
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    3Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the face the heart is made better.

    4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of laughter.

    5It 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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    1I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure." And behold, this also is vanity.

    2I said of laughter, "It is madness," and of mirth, "What does it accomplish?"

  • Prov 10:23
    76%

    23It is as a sport to a fool to do mischief, but a man of understanding has wisdom.

  • Prov 14:13
    75%

    13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Folly is joy to him who is destitute of wisdom, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.

  • Prov 29:9
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    9If a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether he rages or laughs, there is no rest.

  • Prov 26:9
    74%

    9Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

  • Prov 26:4-5
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    4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

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

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

  • Eccl 2:14-16
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    73%

    14The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I myself perceived that the same event happens to them all.

    15So I said in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, so it happens even to me. And why was I then more wise?" Then I said in my heart, "This also is vanity."

    16For there is no more remembrance of the wise than of the fool forever, since what now is will all be forgotten in the days to come. And how does the wise man die? Just like the fool.

  • Eccl 6:8-9
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    8For what has the wise more than the fool? what does the poor have, who knows to walk before the living?

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

  • Prov 18:2
    73%

    2A fool has no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may express itself.

  • Eccl 10:3
    73%

    3Yes, also, when he that is a fool walks by the way, his wisdom fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.

  • Prov 14:7-9
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    7Leave the presence of a foolish man, when you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

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

    9Fools mock at sin, but among the righteous there is favor.

  • Prov 15:14
    73%

    14The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

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

  • Eccl 7:9
    73%

    9Do not be quick in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

  • Eccl 12:8
    72%

    8Vanity of vanities, says the preacher; all is vanity.

  • Prov 27:22
    72%

    22Though you pound a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

  • Prov 19:10
    72%

    10Delight is not fitting for a fool; much less for a servant to rule over princes.

  • Prov 23:9
    72%

    9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

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

    14A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

  • Eccl 7:7
    72%

    7Surely oppression makes a wise man mad, and a bribe destroys the heart.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A fool utters all his mind; but a wise man keeps it in till afterward.

  • Prov 26:1
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    1Like snow in summer, and rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.

  • Prov 12:15-16
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    72%

    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to counsel is wise.

    16A fool's wrath is immediately known, but a prudent man covers shame.

  • Prov 17:16
    72%

    16Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no desire for it?

  • Prov 12:23
    72%

    23A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

  • Prov 14:33
    72%

    33Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the heart of fools is made known.

  • Eccl 9:17
    72%

    17The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that rules among fools.

  • Prov 13:16
    72%

    16Every prudent man deals with knowledge, but a fool lays open his folly.

  • Prov 26:11-12
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    71%

    11As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool returns to his folly.

    12Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 26:19
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    19So is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, Am I not joking?

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

  • Prov 17:24
    71%

    24Wisdom is in the sight of him who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

  • Prov 24:7
    71%

    7Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the gate.

  • Prov 17:21
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    21He who begets a fool does so to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.