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Ecclesiastes 7:5
The heart of the wise is where there is mourning, and the heart of fools where there is mirth.
Ecclesiastes 7:5 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Ecclesiastes 7:5 in other translations
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.
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In context
2 A good name is better than precious ointments: and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
3 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting: for in that we are put in mind of the end of all, and the living thinketh what is to come.
4 Anger is better than laughter: because by the sadness of the countenance the mind of the offender is corrected.
5 The heart of the wise is where there is mourning, and the heart of fools where there is mirth.
6 It is better to be rebuked by a wise man, than to be deceived by the flattery of fools.
7 For as the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool: now this also is vanity.
8 Oppression troubleth the wise, and shall destroy the strength of his heart.
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