Ecclesiastes 7:6
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so the laughter of the fool: this also vanity.
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Context
4 The heart of the wise in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools in the house of mirth.
5 better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so the laughter of the fool: this also vanity.
7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
8 Better the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: the patient in spirit better than the proud in spirit.