Eclesiastés 7:5

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5 Mejor es oir la reprensi贸n del sabio, que la canci贸n de los necios.

Eclesiastés 7:5 Meaning and Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7:5

[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 effect and issue will be good, and show that man to be wise that hears it, as well as he that gives it; see ( Psalms 141:1 ) ( Proverbs 15:31 Proverbs 15:32 ) ( 17:10 ) ; than for a man to hear the song of fools;
the vain and impure songs that foolish men sing in the house of mirth; or the flatteries of foolish men, which tickle and please the mind, as music and songs do: or, "than a man that hears the song of fools" F9, and is pleased with it.


FOOTNOTES:

F9 (Mylyok ryv emv vyam) "quam vir audiens canticum stultorum", Montanus, Mercerus; "prae viro audiente canticum stultorum", Rambachius.
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Eclesiastés 7:5 In-Context

3 Mejor es el enojo que la risa: porque con la tristeza del rostro se enmendar谩 el coraz贸n.
4 El coraz贸n de los sabios, en la casa del luto; mas el coraz贸n de los insensatos, en la casa del placer.
5 Mejor es oir la reprensi贸n del sabio, que la canci贸n de los necios.
6 Porque la risa del necio es como el estr茅pito de las espinas debajo de la olla. Y tambi茅n esto es vanidad.
7 Ciertamente la opresi贸n hace enloquecer al sabio: y el presente corrompe el coraz贸n.
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