Ecclesiastes 9:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Words of wisdom spoken softly make much more sense than the shouts of a ruler to a crowd of fools.

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Honest correction is appreciated more than flattery.

If you talk sensibly, you will have friends; if you talk foolishly, you will destroy yourself.

Harsh correction is better than the songs of a fool.

He won't shout or yell or call out in the streets.

He won't stop or give up until he brings justice everywhere on earth, and people in foreign nations long for his teaching.

After saying this, he told the people to leave.

If you are angry, you cannot do any of the good things that God wants done.