Ecclesiastes 7:6 KJV

Ecclesiastes · chapter 7 · verse 6

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

Ecclesiastes 7:6 in context

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

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

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

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

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

In these verses Solomon lays down some great truths which seem paradoxes to the unthinking part, that is, the far greatest part, of mankind. I.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6