Ecclesiastes 7:5-7

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

⁵ It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools.

⁶ For like the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)!

⁷ Surely oppression and extortion make a wise man foolish, and a bribe destroys the understanding and judgment.