Lifestyle > Train of Thought

Ecclesiastes 10:2

<< < (3/4) > >>

Don Seer:
i like this one...  (Ecclesiastes 7:5)

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

seems the singing has stopped of late no?




some anti-lefty propoganda.. http://www.users.csbsju.edu/~eknuth/rehu/dex-text.html

Mr. O:
must be one of those..."you need to be god's right hand" type of thing.

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

i didn't understand the man to hear the song of fools. 

Trauma-san:
That's a beautiful passage.  It means (as I take it, i'm no genius) that it's much better to hear harsh words that you don't like to hear from someone who is very wise, than it is to hear pretty words that you enjoy from someone who is a fool. 

Teddy Roosevelt:

--- Quote from: Bow Down To The King Of Kings on June 04, 2006, 05:24:09 PM ---That's a beautiful passage.  It means (as I take it, i'm no genius) that it's much better to hear harsh words that you don't like to hear from someone who is very wise, than it is to hear pretty words that you enjoy from someone who is a fool. 

--- End quote ---
^^That was my first impression. The I thought it can also mean, it is better for a wise person to argue against you, then for a fool to praise you.


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

--- End quote ---
Beacuse it suggests that It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise then for a man (the same person) to hear the song (praise) of fools. Or it is better to be rebuked by a wise man then to listen to a fool, depending on what "hear the song" means.

Mr. O:
oh okay..i get it now...i need to focus more on bible.. :P

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page