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Dry thorns flare briefly beneath a plain cooking pot.
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Ecclesiastes 7:5-6

Thorns Beneath a Pot

Wisdom Tested at Its Limits · Ecclesiastes 7

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

6For like the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool; this too is vapor.

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