Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible



It is better to listen to rebuke from a wise person than to listen to the song of fools. For like the crackling of [burning] thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.



And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons:

My son, do not take the Lord’s discipline lightly
or faint when you are reproved by Him,

Let the righteous one strike me—
it is an act of faithful love;
let him rebuke me—
it is oil for my head;
let me not refuse it.
Even now my prayer is against
the evil acts of the wicked.




A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person
more than a hundred lashes into a fool.

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


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