Ecclesiastes 7:6
As the sound of thorns under a caldron, so is the laughter of fools: this is also vanity.
Brenton Septuagint
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 hear a reproof of a wise man, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
7For oppression makes a wise man mad, and destroys his noble heart.
Cross References
Psalms 118:12Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thine ordinances.
Ecclesiastes 2:2I said to laughter, Madness: and to mirth, Why doest thou this?
Amos 8:10and I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth on all loins, and baldness on every head; and I will make them as the mourning of a beloved friend, and those with them as a day of grief.
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 →