Ecclesiastes 7:5
It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.
Majority Standard Bible
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
6For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.
Cross References
Psalms 69:12Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.
Proverbs 9:8Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
Proverbs 13:18Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.
Proverbs 17:10A rebuke cuts into a man of discernment deeper than a hundred lashes cut into a fool.
Revelation 3:19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest 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 →