Ecclesiastes 7:5
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
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Gill's Exposition
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise,.... To listen to it diligently, receive it cordially, and act according to it; though it may be disagreeable to the flesh, and give present pain, yet the…
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise The word for "rebuke" is characteristic of the sapiential books of the Old Testament (Pro 13:1; Pro 17:10). Here also the teacher finds the moral that "pain…
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