Ecclesiastes 9:17

The English Standar Version

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

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Whoever rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than he who flatters with his tongue.

for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness that God requires.[5]

He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street;

He will not grow faint or be discouraged[1] till he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his law.

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

The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor,[3] but the lips of a fool consume him.

And when he had said these things, he dismissed the assembly.