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Ecclesiastes 7

Ec. 7:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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It is better
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
to hear
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
the rebuke
g`arah (Hebrew #1606)
a chiding
KJV usage: rebuke(-ing), reproof.
Pronounce: gheh-aw-raw'
Origin: from 1605
w of the wise
chakam (Hebrew #2450)
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
KJV usage: cunning (man), subtil, ((un-)), wise((hearted), man).
Pronounce: khaw-kawm'
Origin: from 2449
, than for a man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
to hear
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
the song
shiyr (Hebrew #7892)
from 7891; a song; abstractly, singing
KJV usage: musical(-ick), X sing(-er, -ing), song.
Pronounce: sheer
Origin: or feminine shiyrah {shee-raw'}
of fools
kciyl (Hebrew #3684)
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
KJV usage: fool(-ish).
Pronounce: kes-eel'
Origin: from 3688
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Sal. 141:5• 5Que el justo me castigue, será un favor, Y que me reprenda será un excelente bálsamo. Que no me herirá la cabeza: Así que aun mi oración tendrán en sus calamidades. (Sal. 141:5)

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Sal. 141:5• 5Que el justo me castigue, será un favor, Y que me reprenda será un excelente bálsamo. Que no me herirá la cabeza: Así que aun mi oración tendrán en sus calamidades. (Sal. 141:5)
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Pr. 9:8• 8No reprendas al escarnecedor, porque no te aborrezca: Corrige al sabio, y te amará. (Pr. 9:8)
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Pr. 13:13• 13El que menosprecia la palabra, perecerá por ello: Mas el que teme el mandamiento, será recompensado. (Pr. 13:13)
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Pr. 15:31‑32• 31La oreja que escucha la corrección de vida, Entre los sabios morará.
 32El que tiene en poco la disciplina, menosprecia su alma: Mas el que escucha la corrección, tiene entendimiento. (Pr. 15:31‑32)
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Pr. 17:10• 10Aprovecha la reprensión en el entendido, Más que si cien veces hiriese en el necio. (Pr. 17:10)
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Pr. 27:6• 6Fieles son las heridas del que ama; Pero importunos los besos del que aborrece. (Pr. 27:6)
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Ap. 3:19• 19Yo reprendo y castigo á todos los que amo: sé pues celoso, y arrepiéntete. (Ap. 3:19)
the song.
Sal. 69:12• 12Hablaban contra mí los que se sentaban á la puerta, Y me zaherían en las canciones de los bebederos de sidra. (Sal. 69:12)

J. N. Darby Translation

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