Ecclesiastes 7:6

For the laughing of fools is like the crackling of thorns under a pot. And that is but a vain thing.

Psalm 58:9

As a green thorn kindled with fire goeth out before your pots be made hot; even so, let a furious rage bring him to nought.

Psalm 118:12

They came about me like bees, and are extinguished even as the fire among the thorns; for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

Ecclesiastes 2:2

insomuch that I said unto laughter, "Thou art mad," and to mirth, "What doest thou?"

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise man go to law with a fool - whether he deal with him friendly or roughly - he getteth no rest.

Isaiah 65:13-15

Therefore thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall have hunger. Behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall suffer thirst. Behold, my servants shall be merry, but ye shall be confounded.

Amos 8:10

Your high feasts will I turn to sorrow, and your songs to mourning: I will bring sackcloth upon all backs, and baldness on every head. Yea, such a mourning will I send them, as is made upon an only begotten son, and they shall have a miserable end.

Luke 6:25

Woe be to you that are full: for ye shall hunger. Woe be to you that now laugh: for ye shall wail, and weep.

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said unto him, 'Son remember, that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy pleasure, and contrariwise, Lazarus pain. Now therefore is he comforted, and thou art punished.

2 Peter 2:13-17

and receive the reward of unrighteousness. They count it pleasure to live deliciously for a season. Spots they are, and filthiness, living at pleasure, and in deceitful ways feasting with you:

Jude 1:12-13

These are spots which of your kindness feast together, without fear, feeding themselves. Clouds they are without water, carried about of winds: and trees without fruit at gathering time, twice dead, and plucked up by the roots.

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Summary

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

The laughter

General references

Bible References

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Ecclesiastes 2:2
insomuch that I said unto laughter, "Thou art mad," and to mirth, "What doest thou?"
Psalm 58:9
As a green thorn kindled with fire goeth out before your pots be made hot; even so, let a furious rage bring him to nought.
Psalm 118:12
They came about me like bees, and are extinguished even as the fire among the thorns; for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
Isaiah 65:13
Therefore thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall have hunger. Behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall suffer thirst. Behold, my servants shall be merry, but ye shall be confounded.
Amos 8:10
Your high feasts will I turn to sorrow, and your songs to mourning: I will bring sackcloth upon all backs, and baldness on every head. Yea, such a mourning will I send them, as is made upon an only begotten son, and they shall have a miserable end.
Luke 6:25
Woe be to you that are full: for ye shall hunger. Woe be to you that now laugh: for ye shall wail, and weep.
Luke 16:25
But Abraham said unto him, 'Son remember, that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy pleasure, and contrariwise, Lazarus pain. Now therefore is he comforted, and thou art punished.
2 Peter 2:13
and receive the reward of unrighteousness. They count it pleasure to live deliciously for a season. Spots they are, and filthiness, living at pleasure, and in deceitful ways feasting with you:
Jude 1:12
These are spots which of your kindness feast together, without fear, feeding themselves. Clouds they are without water, carried about of winds: and trees without fruit at gathering time, twice dead, and plucked up by the roots.

The laughter

Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man go to law with a fool - whether he deal with him friendly or roughly - he getteth no rest.

General references

Proverbs 14:13
The heart is sorrowful even in laughter; and the end of mirth is heaviness.