Ecclesiastes 7:5
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than that a man should hear the song of fools.
Leeser Tanakh
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 joy.
6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. Also this is vanity.
Cross References
Psalms 69:12(69:13) Those that sit in the gate talk against me; and [about me make] songs the drinkers of strong drink.
Proverbs 9:8Do not correct a scorner, lest he hate thee: reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
Proverbs 13:18Poverty and disgrace will overtake him that rejecteth correction; but he that observeth admonition will be honored.
Proverbs 17:10A reproof penetrateth more deeply into a wise man, 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 →