Ecclesiastes 7:5
It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise, than to hear the song of fools.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
In Context
4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools in the house of mirth.
6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
Cross References
Psalms 69:12They that sit in the gate talk of me, and [I am] the song of the drunkards.
Proverbs 9:8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise [man], and he will love thee.
Proverbs 13:18Poverty and shame shall be [to] him that refuseth instruction; but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
Proverbs 17:10A reproof entereth more deeply into him that hath understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.
Revelation 3:19I rebuke and discipline as many as I love; be zealous therefore and repent.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 7:2-7
The Value of a Good Name. 1 A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. 2 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. 3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. 5 It is better to hear the rebuke of… Read the whole commentary →