Ecclesiastes 7:5 KJV

Ecclesiastes · chapter 7 · verse 5

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.Ecclesiastes 7:5 · King James Version

Ecclesiastes 7:5 in context

3Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

7Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

In these verses Solomon lays down some great truths which seem paradoxes to the unthinking part, that is, the far greatest part, of mankind. I.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6

betterṭôwbgood in the widest senseH2896 →
rebukegᵉʻârâha chidingH1606 →
hearshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
wisechâkâmwiseH2450 →
songshîyra songH7892 →