Continuing this line of argument, Solomon says: “Better is it to hear the rebuke of someone wise than to be the man hearing the song of the stupid ones.

Eccl. 7:5, 6.

The person who strays from the right course would surely be benefited by the rebuke of a wise person. But of what value would be the fool’s song or empty flattery? Such could conceal faults and confirm a person in a wrong course, ruining his reputation.