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Ecclesiastes 7:5
It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.

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Ecclesiastes 7:6
Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose.

Ecclesiastes 2:2
Of laughing I said, It is foolish; and of joy--What use is it?

Proverbs 14:13
Even while laughing the heart may be sad; and after joy comes sorrow.

1 Peter 4:3
Because for long enough, in times past, we have been living after the way of the Gentiles, given up to the desires of the flesh, to drinking and feasting and loose behaviour and unclean worship of images;

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Psalms 141:5
Let the upright give me punishment; and let the god-fearing man put me in the right way; but I will not let the oil of sinners come on my head: when they do evil I will give myself to prayer.

Proverbs 17:10
A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.

Proverbs 27:5
Better is open protest than love kept secret.

Proverbs 27:6
The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false.

Proverbs 15:5
A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.

Proverbs 15:31
The man whose ear is open to the teaching of life will have his place among the wise.

Proverbs 15:32
He who will not be controlled by training has no respect for his soul, but he who gives ear to teaching will get wisdom.

Proverbs 25:12
Like a nose-ring of gold and an ornament of the best gold, is a wise man who says sharp words to an ear ready to give attention.

Proverbs 29:15
The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother.

Hebrews 12:5
And you have not kept in mind the word which says to you as to sons, My son, do not make little of the Lord's punishment, and do not give up hope when you are judged by him;

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