Cross-referencesExplore similar Bible verses on Ecclesiastes 7:6 in English Standard Version "For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fools; this also is vanity." Ps 58:9 Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns, whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away!Ps 118:12 They surrounded me like bees; they went out like a fire among thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off!Joe 2:5 As with the rumbling of chariots, they leap on the tops of the mountains, like the crackling of a flame of fire devouring the stubble, like a powerful army drawn up for battle.