Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Better
The song
General references
Bible References
Better
Psalm 141:5
Let a righteous man smite me - a lovingkindness, that he should correct me, an oil for the head which let not my head refuse! For, yet, even my prayer, shall be in their calamities.
Proverbs 9:8
Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate thee, Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
Proverbs 13:13
He that despiseth a matter, shall get pledged thereto, but, he that revereth a commandment, the same shall be recompensed.
Proverbs 15:31
The ear that heareth the reproof which giveth life, in the midst of the wise, shall remain.
Proverbs 17:10
A reproof sinketh more deeply into an intelligent man than a hundred stripes, into a dullard!
Proverbs 27:6
Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but lavished are the kisses of an enemy.
Revelation 3:19
I, as many as I tenderly love, I convict and put under discipline: be zealous, therefore, and repent.
The song
Psalm 69:12
They who sit in the gate talk against me, - And against me are the songs of them who imbibe strong drink.
General references
Proverbs 14:13
Even, in laughter, the heart may be in pain, and, the latter end of gladness, be grief.