SinaiEcclesiastes 7:5
American Standard Version
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
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Ecclesiastes 7:5 in other translations
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:5 in context
- 3Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.
- 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 extortion maketh the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroyeth the understanding.