Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 2896 [e] ט֕וֹב ṭō-wḇ [it is] better Adj-ms 8085 [e] לִשְׁמֹ֖עַ liš-mō-a‘ to hear Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf 1606 [e] גַּעֲרַ֣ת ga-‘ă-raṯ the rebuke N-fsc 2450 [e] חָכָ֑ם ḥā-ḵām; of the wise Adj-ms 376 [e] מֵאִ֕ישׁ mê-’îš Than for a man Prep-m | N-ms 8085 [e] שֹׁמֵ֖עַ šō-mê-a‘ to hear V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms 7892 [e] שִׁ֥יר šîr the song N-msc 3684 [e] כְּסִילִֽים׃ kə-sî-lîm. of fools N-mp

New American Standard Bible
It is better to listen to the rebuke of a wise man Than for one to listen to the song of fools.

King James Bible
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It is better to listen to rebuke from a wise person than to listen to the song of fools,

better

Psalm 141:5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove …

Proverbs 9:8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he …

Proverbs 13:13 Whoever despises the word shall be destroyed: but he that fears the …

Proverbs 15:31,32 The ear that hears the reproof of life stays among the wise…

Proverbs 17:10 A reproof enters more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

Proverbs 27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

Revelation 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

the song

Psalm 69:12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

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