Ecclesiastes 7:5

Young's Literal Translation 1898

Better to hear a rebuke of a wise man, Than for a man to hear a song of fools,

Cross References

Psalm 141:5

The righteous doth beat me in kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer is about their vexations.

Psalm 69:12

Those sitting at the gate meditate concerning me, And those drinking strong drink, Play on instruments.

Proverbs 13:13

Whoso is despising the Word is destroyed for it, And whoso is fearing the Command is repayed.

Proverbs 13:18

Whoso is refusing instruction--poverty and shame, And whoso is observing reproof is honoured.

Proverbs 17:10

Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.

Proverbs 25:12

A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, Is the wise reprover to an attentive ear.

Proverbs 27:6

Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.

Proverbs 6:23

For a lamp is the command, And the law a light, And a way of life are reproofs of instruction,

Proverbs 9:8

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee, Give reproof to the wise, and he loveth thee.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

Words of the wise are as goads, and as fences planted by the masters of collections, they have been given by one shepherd.

Ecclesiastes 7:4

The heart of the wise is in a house of mourning, And the heart of fools in a house of mirth.

Ecclesiastes 9:17

The words of the wise in quiet are heard, More than the cry of a ruler over fools.

Revelation 3:19

`As many as I love, I do convict and chasten; be zealous, then, and reform;