Verse 5

Better to hear a rebuke of a wise man, Than `for' a man to hear a song of fools,

Referenced Verses

• Ps 141:5 : 5 The righteous doth beat me `in' kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer `is' about their vexations.
• Prov 15:31-32 : 31 An ear that is hearing the reproof of life Doth lodge among the wise. 32 Whoso is refusing instruction is despising his soul, And whoso is hearing reproof Is getting understanding.
• Prov 13:18 : 18 Whoso is refusing instruction -- poverty and shame, And whoso is observing reproof is honoured.
• Ps 69:12 : 12 Those sitting at the gate meditate concerning me, And those drinking strong drink, Play on instruments.
• Prov 9:8 : 8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee, Give reproof to the wise, and he loveth thee.
• Prov 13:13 : 13 Whoso is despising the Word is destroyed for it, And whoso is fearing the Command is repayed.
• Prov 17:10 : 10 Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.
• Prov 27:6 : 6 Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.
• Rev 3:19 : 19 `As many as I love, I do convict and chasten; be zealous, then, and reform;