Ecclesiastes 7:6
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool; this also is vanity.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
7Surely oppression turneth a wise man into a fool; and a gift destroyeth the understanding.
Cross References
Psalms 118:12They compass me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns; verily, in the name of the LORD I will cut them off.
Ecclesiastes 2:2I said of laughter: 'It is mad'; and of mirth: 'What doth it accomplish?'
Amos 8:10And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning for an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
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 →