Ecclesiastes 7:5 Cross References - LEB

⁵ Better to listen to the rebuke of the wise than for a man to listen to the song of fools.

¹² Those sitting at the gate talk about me as also* the songs of the drunkards.

⁵ Let a righteous one strike me in kindness, and let him chasten me. It is oil for my head;* let not my head refuse. For still my prayer is against their evil deeds.

⁸ Do not rebuke a scoffer, lest he hate you; rebuke the wise and he will love you.

¹³ He who despises a word will bring destruction on himself, but he who respects a commandment will be rewarded.

¹⁸ Poverty and disgrace belong to him who ignores instruction, but he who guards reproof will be honored.

³¹ The ear of him who listens to admonitions of life, in the midst of the wise it will lodge. ³² He who ignores instruction despises himself,* but he who hears admonition gains heart.*

¹⁰ A rebuke strikes him who understands deeper than one hundred blows to a fool.

⁶ The wounds of a friend mean well, but the kisses of an enemy are profane.

¹⁹ As many as I love, I reprove and discipline. Be zealous, therefore, and repent!