Ecclesiastes 9:17

New English Translation

The words of the wise are heard in quiet, more than the shouting of a ruler is heard among fools.

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The one who reproves another will in the end find more favor than the one who flatters with the tongue.

The words of a wise person win him favor, but the words of a fool are self-destructive.

It is better for a person to receive a rebuke from those who are wise than to listen to the song of fools.

He will not cry out or shout; he will not publicize himself in the streets.

He will not grow dim or be crushed before establishing justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait in anticipation for his decrees.”

After he had said this, he dismissed the assembly.

For human anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness.