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Ecclesiastes 7:5-7
Contemporary English Version
Ecclesiastes 7:5-7
Contemporary English Version
5 Correction from someone wise
is better by far
than praise from fools.
6 Foolish laughter is stupid.
It sounds like thorns
crackling in a fire.
7 Corruption[a] makes fools
of sensible people,
and bribes can ruin you.
Footnotes
- 7.7 Corruption: Or “Oppression.”
Ecclesiastes 7:5-7
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 7:5-7
New International Version
5 It is better to heed the rebuke(A) of a wise person
than to listen to the song of fools.
6 Like the crackling of thorns(B) under the pot,
so is the laughter(C) of fools.
This too is meaningless.
7 Extortion turns a wise person into a fool,
and a bribe(D) corrupts the heart.
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