Verse 5

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

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 141:5 : 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.
  • Prov 15:31-32 : 31 ¶ The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise. 32 ¶ He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
  • Prov 13:18 : 18 ¶ Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
  • Ps 69:12 : 12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I [was] the song of the drunkards.
  • Prov 9:8 : 8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
  • Prov 13:13 : 13 ¶ Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
  • Prov 17:10 : 10 ¶ A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
  • Prov 27:6 : 6 Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 ‹As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.›