It is better to heed the rebuke(A) of a wise person
    than to listen to the song of fools.
Like the crackling of thorns(B) under the pot,
    so is the laughter(C) of fools.
    This too is meaningless.

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

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

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