Ecclesiastes 7:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Ecclesiastes 7:5 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 15:31-32
The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise. …
Psalms 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.
Proverbs 17:10
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Proverbs 9:8
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

Topics

Courage Expostulation Reproof

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-6)

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. That the honour of virtue is really more valuable and desirable than all the wealth and pleasure in this world (Eccl. 7:1): A good name is before good ointment (so it may be read); it is preferable to it, and will be rather chosen by all that are wise. Goo…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

5. (Psa 141:4, 5). Godly reproof offends the flesh, but benefits the spirit. Fools’ songs in the house of mirth please the flesh, but injure the soul.