Ecclesiastes 7:5
The heart of the wise is where there is mourning, and the heart of fools where there is mirth.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
6It is better to be rebuked by a wise man, than to be deceived by the flattery of fools.
Cross References
Psalms 69:12And I made haircloth my garment: and I became a byword to them.
Proverbs 9:8Rebuke not a scorner lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Proverbs 13:18Poverty and shame to him that refuseth instruction: but he that yieldeth to reproof, shall be glorified.
Proverbs 17:10A reproof availeth more with a wise man, than a hundred stripes with a fool.
Revelation 3:19Such as I love, I rebuke and chastise. Be zealous therefore, and do penance.
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 →