It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.(Ecclesiastes 7:2)
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.(Ecclesiastes 7:3)
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.(Ecclesiastes 7:4)
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.(Ecclesiastes 7:6)
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.(Ecclesiastes 7:7)
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.(Ecclesiastes 7:8)
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Ecclesiastes 7:5 - Cross Reference
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool. (Proverbs 17:10)
Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. (Proverbs 13:18)
Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded. (Proverbs 13:13)
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. (Proverbs 27:6)
They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards. (Psalm 69:12)
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. (Psalm 141:5)
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. (Proverbs 9:8)
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. (Revelation 3:19)
The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise. (Proverbs 15:31)