Ecclesiastes 7:6
For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So `is' the laughter of a fool, even this `is' vanity.
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Referenced Verses
- Ps 58:9 : 9 Before your pots discern the bramble, As well the raw as the heated He whirleth away.
- Ps 118:12 : 12 They compassed me about as bees, They have been extinguished as a fire of thorns, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off.
- Eccl 2:2 : 2 Of laughter I said, `Foolish!' and of mirth, `What `is' this it is doing?'
- Isa 65:13-15 : 13 Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, My servants do eat, and ye do hunger, Lo, My servants do drink, and ye do thirst, Lo, My servants rejoice, and ye are ashamed, 14 Lo, My servants sing from joy of heart, And ye cry from pain of heart, And from breaking of spirit ye do howl. 15 And ye have left your name For an oath for My chosen ones, And the Lord Jehovah hath put thee to death, And to His servants He giveth another name.
- Amos 8:10 : 10 And have turned your festivals to mourning, And all your songs to lamentation, And caused sackcloth to come up on all loins, And on every head -- baldness, And made it as a mourning `of' an only one, And its latter end as a day of bitterness.
- Luke 6:25 : 25 `Wo to you who have been filled -- because ye shall hunger. `Wo to you who are laughing now -- because ye shall mourn and weep.
- Luke 16:25 : 25 `And Abraham said, Child, remember that thou did receive -- thou -- thy good things in thy life, and Lazarus in like manner the evil things, and now he is comforted, and thou art distressed;
- 2 Pet 2:13-17 : 13 about to receive a reward of unrighteousness, pleasures counting the luxury in the day, spots and blemishes, luxuriating in their deceits, feasting with you, 14 having eyes full of adultery, and unable to cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having an heart exercised in covetousnesses, children of a curse, 15 having forsaken a right way, they did go astray, having followed in the way of Balaam the `son' of Bosor, who a reward of unrighteousness did love, 16 and had a rebuke of his own iniquity -- a dumb ass, in man's voice having spoken, did forbid the madness of the prophet. 17 These are wells without water, and clouds by a tempest driven, to whom the thick gloom of the darkness to the age hath been kept;
- Jude 1:12-13 : 12 These are in your love-feasts craggy rocks; feasting together with you, without fear shepherding themselves; clouds without water, by winds carried about; trees autumnal, without fruit, twice dead, rooted up; 13 wild waves of a sea, foaming out their own shames; stars going astray, to whom the gloom of the darkness to the age hath been kept.
- Prov 29:9 : 9 A wise man is judged by the foolish man, And he hath been angry, And he hath laughed, and there is no rest.
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- Eccl 7:3-53 verses81%
3 Better `is' sorrow than laughter, For by the sadness of the face the heart becometh better.
4 The heart of the wise `is' in a house of mourning, And the heart of fools in a house of mirth.
5 Better to hear a rebuke of a wise man, Than `for' a man to hear a song of fools,
- Eccl 2:1-22 verses76%
1 I said in my heart, `Pray, come, I try thee with mirth, and look thou on gladness;' and lo, even it `is' vanity.
2 Of laughter I said, `Foolish!' and of mirth, `What `is' this it is doing?'
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23 To execute inventions `is' as play to a fool, And wisdom to a man of understanding.
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13 Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy `is' affliction.
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21 Folly is joy to one lacking heart, And a man of intelligence directeth `his' going.
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9 A wise man is judged by the foolish man, And he hath been angry, And he hath laughed, and there is no rest.
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9 A thorn hath gone up into the hand of a drunkard, And a parable in the mouth of fools.
- Prov 26:4-52 verses73%
4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou be like to him -- even thou.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.
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24 The crown of the wise is their wealth, The folly of fools `is' folly.
- Eccl 2:14-163 verses73%
14 The wise! -- his eyes `are' in his head, and the fool in darkness is walking, and I also knew that one event happeneth with them all;
15 and I said in my heart, `As it happeneth with the fool, it happeneth also with me, and why am I then more wise?' And I spake in my heart, that also this `is' vanity:
16 That there is no remembrance to the wise -- with the fool -- to the age, for that which `is' already, `in' the days that are coming is all forgotten, and how dieth the wise? with the fool!
- Eccl 6:8-92 verses73%
8 For what advantage `is' to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knoweth to walk before the living?
9 Better `is' the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This also `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.
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2 A fool delighteth not in understanding, But -- in uncovering his heart.
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3 And also, when he that is a fool Is walking in the way, his heart is lacking, And he hath said to every one, `He `is' a fool.'
- Prov 14:7-93 verses73%
7 Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.
8 The wisdom of the prudent `is' to understand his way, And the folly of fools `is' deceit.
9 Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright -- a pleasing thing.
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14 The heart of the intelligent seeketh knowledge, And the mouth of fools enjoyeth folly.
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26 I also in your calamity do laugh, I deride when your fear cometh,
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9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.
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8 Vanity of vanities, said the preacher, the whole `is' vanity.
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22 If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things -- with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.
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10 Luxury is not comely for a fool, Much less for a servant to rule among princes.
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9 In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.
- Eccl 10:13-142 verses72%
13 The beginning of the words of his mouth `is' folly, And the latter end of his mouth `Is' mischievous madness.
14 And the fool multiplieth words: `Man knoweth not that which is, And that which is after him, who doth declare to him?'
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7 Surely oppression maketh the wise mad, And a gift destroyeth the heart.
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11 A fool bringeth out all his mind, And the wise till afterwards restraineth it.
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1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honour `is' not comely for a fool.
- Prov 12:15-162 verses72%
15 The way of a fool `is' right in his own eyes, And whoso is hearkening to counsel `is' wise.
16 The fool -- in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame.
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16 Why `is' this -- a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none?
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23 A prudent man is concealing knowledge, And the heart of fools proclaimeth folly.
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33 In the heart of the intelligent wisdom doth rest. And in the midst of fools it is known.
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17 The words of the wise in quiet are heard, More than the cry of a ruler over fools.
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16 Every prudent one dealeth with knowledge, And a fool spreadeth out folly.
- Prov 26:11-122 verses71%
11 As a dog hath returned to its vomit, A fool is repeating his folly.
12 Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!
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19 So hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, `Am not I playing?'
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6 And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him.
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24 The face of the intelligent `is' to wisdom, And the eyes of a fool -- at the end of the earth.
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7 Wisdom `is' high for a fool, In the gate he openeth not his mouth.
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21 Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.