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Ecclesiastes 7:6

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For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
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  1. Psalms 118:12Rank 1 from verse 6
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    12They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.

  2. Psalms 58:9Rank 2 from verse 6
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    9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

  3. Ecclesiastes 2:2Rank 3 from verse 6
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    2I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

  4. Luke 6:25Rank 4 from verse 6
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    25Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

  5. 2 Peter 2:13–17Rank 5 from verse 6
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    13And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;

    14Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:

    15Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

    16But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man’s voice forbad the madness of the prophet.

    17These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.

  6. Amos 8:10Rank 6 from verse 6
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    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 of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.

  7. Isaiah 65:13–15Rank 7 from verse 6
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    13Therefore 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:

    14Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.

    15And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:

  8. Jude 1:12–13Rank 8 from verse 6
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    12These 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;

    13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

  9. Luke 16:25Rank 9 from verse 6
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    25But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

  10. Proverbs 29:9Rank 10 from verse 6
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    9If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

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Ecclesiastes 7:6

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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thorns

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Sense 1: Sharp spines or prickles. Sense 2: Thorn-bearing plants and figures of things that prick, obstruct, or grieve.

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pot

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A vessel more deep than broad, made of earth, or iron or other metal, used for several domestic purposes.

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laughter

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Convulsive merriment; an expression of mirth peculiar to man, consisting in a peculiar noise and configuration of features, with a shaking of the sides and expulsion of breath.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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fool

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Sense 1: A person lacking wisdom or moral understanding. Sense 2: As a verb, to act foolishly or deceive.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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vanity

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Emptiness, futility, worthlessness, falsehood, unreliability, or transience.

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7:2It 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.

7:3Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

7:4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

7:5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

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

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