◄ Ecclesiastes 7:5 {6} ►
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Good News Translation
It is better to have wise people reprimand you than to have stupid people sing your praises.

New Revised Standard Version
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools.

Contemporary English Version
Correction from someone wise is better by far than praise from fools.

New American Bible
It is better to listen to the rebuke of the wise than to listen to the song of fools;

Douay-Rheims Bible
It is better to be rebuked by a wise man, than to be deceived by the flattery of fools.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

It is better to be rebuked by a wise man, than to be deceived by the flattery of fools.

better

Psalm 141:5 The just man shall correct me in mercy, and shall reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner fatten my head. For my prayer shall still be against the things with which they are well pleased:

Proverbs 9:8 Give an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach a just man, and he shall make haste to receive it.

Proverbs 13:13 Whosoever speaketh ill of any thing, bindeth himself for the time to come: but he that feareth the commandment, shall dwell in peace. Deceitful souls go astray in sins: the just are merciful, and shew mercy.

Proverbs 15:31,32 The ear that heareth the reproofs of life, shall abide in the midst of the wise. . . .

Proverbs 17:10 A reproof availeth more with a wise man, than a hundred stripes with a fool.

Proverbs 27:6 Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.

Revelation 3:19 Such as I love, I rebuke and chastise. Be zealous therefore and do penance.

the song

Psalm 69:12 They that sat in the gate spoke against me: and they that drank wine made me their song.

Context
The Value of Wisdom
…4The heart of the wise is where there is mourning, and the heart of fools where there is mirth. 5It is better to be rebuked by a wise man, than to be deceived by the flattery of fools.6For as the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool: now this also is vanity.…
Cross References
Psalm 141:5
The just man shall correct me in mercy, and shall reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner fatten my head. For my prayer shall still be against the things with which they are well pleased:

Proverbs 6:23
That they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the stranger.

Proverbs 13:18
Poverty and shame to him that refuseth instruction: but he that yieldeth to reproof shall be glorified.

Proverbs 15:31
The ear that heareth the reproofs of life, shall abide in the midst of the wise.

Proverbs 15:32
He that rejecteth instruction, despiseth his own soul: but he that yieldeth to reproof, possesseth understanding.

Proverbs 25:12
As an earring of gold and a bright pearl, so is he that reproveth the wise, and the obedient ear.

Ecclesiastes 7:4
The heart of the wise is where there is mourning, and the heart of fools where there is mirth.

Ecclesiastes 9:17
The words of the wise are heard in silence, more than the cry of a prince among fools.

Ecclesiastes 12:11
The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails deeply fastened in, which by the counsel of masters are given from one shepherd.

Ecclesiastes 7:4
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