Ecclesiastes 7:5

Good News Translation

It is better to have wise people reprimand you than to have stupid people sing your praises.

Cross References

Psalm 141:5

Good people may punish me and rebuke me in kindness, but I will never accept honor from evil people, because I am always praying against their evil deeds.

Psalm 69:12

They talk about me in the streets, and drunkards make up songs about me.

Proverbs 13:13

If you refuse good advice, you are asking for trouble; follow it and you are safe.

Proverbs 13:18

Someone who will not learn will be poor and disgraced. Anyone who listens to correction is respected.

Proverbs 17:10

An intelligent person learns more from one rebuke than a fool learns from being beaten a hundred times.

Proverbs 25:12

A warning given by an experienced person to someone willing to listen is more valuable than gold rings or jewelry made of the finest gold.

Proverbs 27:6

Friends mean well, even when they hurt you. But when an enemy puts his arm around your shoulder—watch out!

Proverbs 6:23

Their instructions are a shining light; their correction can teach you how to live.

Proverbs 9:8

Never correct conceited people; they will hate you for it. But if you correct the wise, they will respect you.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

The sayings of the wise are like the sharp sticks that shepherds use to guide sheep, and collected proverbs are as lasting as firmly driven nails. They have been given by God, the one Shepherd of us all.

Ecclesiastes 7:4

Someone who is always thinking about happiness is a fool. A wise person thinks about death.

Ecclesiastes 9:17

It is better to listen to the quiet words of someone wise than to the shouts of a ruler at a council of fools.

Revelation 3:19

I rebuke and punish all whom I love. Be in earnest, then, and turn from your sins.