It is (A)better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise
    than to hear the song of fools.
(B)For as the crackling of (C)thorns under a pot,
    so is the laughter of the fools;
    this also is vanity.[a]
Surely (D)oppression drives the wise into madness,
    and (E)a bribe corrupts the heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:6 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)

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