Kohelet 7:5-7

Orthodox Jewish Bible

⁵ It is better to hear the rebuke of the chacham, than for an ish to hear the shir kesilim.

⁶ For as is the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the kesil; this also is hevel.

⁷ Surely oppression maketh a chacham mad; and a bribe corrupts the heart.