Ecclesiastes 7:6 {7}
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For as the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool: now this also is vanity.

Psalm 58:9
Before your thorns could know the brier; he swalloweth them up, as alive, in his wrath.

Psalm 118:12
They surrounded me like bees, and they burned like fire among thorns: and in the name of the Lord I was revenged on them.

Ecclesiastes 2:2
Laughter I counted error: and to mirth I said: Why art thou vainly deceived?

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

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Ecclesiastes 2:2 Laughter I counted error: and to mirth I said: Why art thou vainly deceived?

Psalm 58:9 Before your thorns could know the brier; he swalloweth them up, as alive, in his wrath.

Psalm 118:12 They surrounded me like bees, and they burned like fire among thorns: and in the name of the Lord I was revenged on them.

Isaiah 65:13-15 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold my servants shall eat, and you shall be hungry: behold my servants shall drink, and you shall be thirsty. . . .

Amos 8:10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that the sun shall go down at midday, and I will make the earth dark in the day of light:

Luke 6:25 Woe to you that are filled: for you shall hunger. Woe to you that now laugh: for you shall mourn and weep.

Luke 16:25 And Abraham said to him: Son, remember that thou didst receive good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted and thou art tormented.

2 Peter 2:13-17 Receiving the reward of their injustice, counting for a pleasure the delights of a day: stains and spots, sporting themselves to excess, rioting in their feasts with you: . . .

Jude 1:12,13 These are spots in their banquets, feasting together without fear, feeding themselves: clouds without water, which are carried about by winds: trees of the autumn, unfruitful, twice dead, plucked up by the roots: . . .

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Proverbs 29:9 If a wise man contend with a fool, whether he be angry, or laugh, he shall find no rest.

Context
The Value of Wisdom
5It is better to be rebuked by a wise man, than to be deceived by the flattery of fools. 6For as the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool: now this also is vanity.7Oppression troubleth the wise, and shall destroy the strength of his heart.…
Lexicon
For
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

like the crackling
כְק֤וֹל (ḵə·qō·wl)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6963: A voice, sound

of thorns
הַסִּירִים֙ (has·sî·rîm)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5518: A pot, a thorn, a hook

under
תַּ֣חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

the pot,
הַסִּ֔יר (has·sîr)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5518: A pot, a thorn, a hook

so
כֵּ֖ן (kên)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3651: So -- thus

is the laughter
שְׂחֹ֣ק (śə·ḥōq)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7814: Laughter, derision, sport

of the fool—
הַכְּסִ֑יל (hak·kə·sîl)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3684: Stupid fellow, dullard, fool

this
זֶ֖ה (zeh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

too
וְגַם־ (wə·ḡam-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

is futile.
הָֽבֶל׃ (hā·ḇel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory


Additional Translations
For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool—this too is futile.For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

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

As the sound of thorns under a caldron, so is the laughter of fools: this is also vanity.

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

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

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

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

For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So is the laughter of a fool, even this is vanity.
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