For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity. Treasury of Scripture as Ecclesiastes 2:2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What does it? Psalm 58:9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. Psalm 118:12 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. Isaiah 65:13-15 Therefore thus said the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink... Amos 8:10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth on all loins... Luke 6:25 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 But Abraham said, Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things... 2 Peter 2:13-17 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes... Jude 1:12,13 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water... crackling Proverbs 29:9 If a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
Context The Value of Wisdom
1A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. 2It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. 3Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance 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 mirth. 5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. 6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity. 7Surely oppression makes a wise man mad; and a gift destroys the heart. 8Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. 9Be not hasty in your spirit to be angry: for anger rests in the bosom of fools. 10Say not you, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for you do not inquire wisely concerning this. 11Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. 12For wisdom is a defense, and money is a defense: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom gives life to them that have it. 13Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked? 14In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also has set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For as the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool: now this also is vanity.
Darby Bible Translation
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
King James Bible
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
Young's Literal Translation
For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So is the laughter of a fool, even this is vanity.
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