Ecclesiastes 7:6
For like the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, 2 so also is the laughter of fools. 1 This, too, is vapor. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 listen to the rebuke of the wise 2 than to listen to the song of fools. 1
7Extortion certainly makes a wise man foolish, 2 and a bribe corrupts the heart. 1
Cross References
Psalms 118:12They surrounded me like bees; 1 they disappeared as quickly as fire among thorns; 1 in Yahweh's name I cut them off. 1
Ecclesiastes 2:2I said about laughter, “It is crazy,” and about pleasure, “What use is it?”
Amos 8:10I will turn your festivals into mourning 1 and all your songs into lamentation. 1 I will make all of you wear sackcloth 1 and have baldness on every head. 1 I will make it like mourning for an only son, 1 and a bitter day to its end. 1
Luke 16:25But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things. But now he is comforted here, and you are in agony.
Jude 1:12These are the ones who are hidden reefs in your love feasts, when they feast with you shamelessly—shepherds who only feed themselves. They are clouds without rain, carried along by winds. They are autumn trees without fruit—twice dead, torn up by the roots.
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 →