Ecclesiastes 7:5 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁵ 2 For as wisdom is a defence, so money is a defence : but learning and wisdom excel in this, that they give life to him that possesseth them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

Common English Bible

⁵ It is better to obey the reprimand of the wise than to listen to the song of fools,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ The heart of the wise is a place of mourning, and the heart of the foolish is a place of rejoicing.

Ecclesiastes 7:5 Cross References

Psalm 141:5

In his sight I pour out my prayer, and before him I declare my trouble:

Psalm 69:12

9 Thou knowest my reproach, and my confusion, and my shame.

Proverbs 13:13

0 He that walketh with the wise, shall be wise: a friend of fools shall become like to them.

Proverbs 13:18

5 The just eateth and filleth his soul: but the belly of the wicked is never to be filled.

Proverbs 17:10

7 He that is a friend loveth at all times: and a brother is proved in distress.

Proverbs 25:12

9 To trust to an unfaithful man in the time of trouble, is like a rotten tooth, and weary foot,

Proverbs 27:6

3 Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.

Proverbs 6:23

0 The fault is not so great when a man hath stolen: for he stealeth to fill his hungry soul:

Proverbs 9:8

5 To call them that pass by the way, and go on their journey:

Ecclesiastes 12:11

I am black but beautiful, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Cedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

Ecclesiastes 7:4

1 Wisdom with riches is more profitable, and bringeth more advantage to them that see the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:17

A fool set in high dignity, and the rich sitting beneath.

Revelation 3:19

And in the sight of the throne was, as it were, a sea of glass like to crystal; and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four living creatures, full of eyes before and behind.