Ecclesiastes 7:6
For the laughyng of fooles is like the cracking of thornes vnder a pot: and that is but a vayne thing.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
In Context
5It is better to geue eare to the chastening of a wyse man, then to heare the songue of fooles:
7The wyse man hateth wrong dealing, and abhorreth the heart that coueteth rewardes.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 2:2Insomuch that I saide vnto the man geuen to laughter, thou art mad: and to mirth, what doest thou?
Amos 8:10And I will turne your feastes into mourning, and all your songues into lamentation: and I will bring sackecloth vpon all loynes, and baldnesse vpon euery head, & I will make it as the mourning of an only sonne, and the end therof as a bitter day.
Luke 16:25But Abraham sayde: Sonne, remember that thou in thy lyfe tyme, receauedst thy pleasure, and lykewyse Lazarus paynes: But nowe is he comforted, and thou art tormented.
Jude 1:12These are spottes in your feastes of charitie, whe they feast with you, without al feare feedyng the selues: cloudes they are without water, caryed about of windes, corrupt trees, and without fruite, twise dead, and plucked vp by the rootes:
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 7:2-7
The Value of a Good Name. 1 A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. 2 It 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. 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… Read the whole commentary →