Ecclesiastes 7:5
“It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.”
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
Cross-References
“Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.”
“The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.”
“Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.”
“Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.”
“Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.”