Ecclesiastes 7:6

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

It is better to be rebuked by a wise man, than to be deceived by the flattery of fools.

Cross References

Psalm 118:12

Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy justifications.

Psalm 58:9

But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them: thou shalt bring all the nations to nothing.

Ecclesiastes 2:2

Laughter I counted error: and to mirth I said: Why art thou vainly deceived?

Luke 16:25

And Abraham said to him: Son, remember that thou didst receive good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things, but now he is comforted; and thou art tormented.

Luke 6:25

Woe to you that are filled: for you shall hunger. Woe to you that now laugh: for you shall mourn and weep.

Amos 8:10

And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation: and I will bring up sackcloth upon every back of yours, and baldness upon every head: and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the latter end thereof as a bitter day.

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise man contend with a fool, whether he be angry or laugh, he shall find no rest.