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Ecclesiastes 7:6

Wisdom

4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.

5 It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.

For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.

7 Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

8 The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.

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BSB
For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.
KJV
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
WEB
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
ASV
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
DARBY
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
BLB
For like the sound of thorns under the pot, so [is] the laughter of the fool; and also this [is] vapor.
ÅB
for som tornene spraker under gryten, så er det når dåren ler; også dette er tomhet.
OTB
Som tornebuskers knitring under en gryte, slik er dårers latter. Også dette er tomhet.
B1930
for som tornene spraker under gryten, så er det når dåren ler; også dette er tomhet.

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Cross references

  • Psalms 58:9

    Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.

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  • Psalms 118:12

    They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

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  • Ecclesiastes 2:2

    I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”

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  • Luke 6:25

    Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

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  • Jude 1:12–13

    These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.

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  • Isaiah 65:13–15

    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.

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  • Amos 8:10

    I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.

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  • Proverbs 29:9

    If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.

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