Ecclesiastes 7:5
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
KJV
Cor sapientium ubi tristitia est, et cor stultorum ubi lætitia.
Vulgate
καρδία σοφῶν ἐν οἴκῳ πένθους, καὶ καρδία ἀφρόνων ἐν οἴκῳ εὐφροσύνης.
LXX
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
ASV
ט֕וֹב לִ/שְׁמֹ֖עַ גַּעֲרַ֣ת חָכָ֑ם מֵ/אִ֕ישׁ שֹׁמֵ֖עַ שִׁ֥יר כְּסִילִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
גַּעֲרַ֣ת
g'rt
noun · 15×
חָכָ֣ם
chkm
noun · 135×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
כְּסִ֑יל
ksyl
noun · 69×
שִׁ֥יר
shyr
noun · 91×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Prov 9:8 — Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
- Prov 13:18 — Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
- Prov 15:31 — The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
- Prov 17:10 — A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
- Ps 141:5 — Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
- Ps 141:5 — Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
- Rev 3:19 — As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.