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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 mirth.

5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

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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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  • Psalms 58:9

    Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

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  • Psalms 118:12

    They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

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  • Ecclesiastes 2:2

    I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

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  • Luke 6:25

    Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

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  • Jude 1:12–13

    These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

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  • Isaiah 65:13–15

    Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:

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  • Amos 8:10

    And 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 of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.

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  • Proverbs 29:9

    If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

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