“It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.”
Ecclesiastes 7:5 (KJV) |
Ecclesiastes 7:5
From Ecclesiastes 7, in the Book of Ecclesiastes (Old Testament).
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Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
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The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
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It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
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For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
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Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.