Ecclesiastes 7:5
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 is 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 69:12(69-13) They 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 rebuke entereth deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.
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 →