Ecclesiastes 9:17

A Conservative Version

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.

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He who rebukes a man shall afterward find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue.

For the wrath of man does not accomplish the righteousness of God.

He will not cry, nor lift up his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street.

He will not fail nor be discouraged till he has set justice in the earth. And in his name Gentiles will hope (LXX/NT).

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

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool will swallow himself up.

And having said these things, he dismissed the assembly.