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.
Related Verses
“A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.”
“Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.”
“A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.”
“The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.”
“Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.”