Ecclesiastes 7:16
Be not over-righteous, nor show thyself too wise. Why should thou destroy thyself?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
In Context
17Do not much wrong, nor be thou a fool. Why should thou die before thy time?
Cross References
Job 11:12But vain man is void of understanding. Yea, man is born [as] a wild donkey's colt.
Proverbs 23:4Weary not thyself to be rich. Out of thine own wisdom, cease.
Ecclesiastes 12:12And furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Matthew 9:14Then the disciples of John come to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but thy disciples fast not?
Matthew 23:5But all their works they do in order to be seen by men. And they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the hems of their garments.
Matthew 23:29Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and adorn the sepulchers of the righteous,
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 7:12-23
The Advantages of Wisdom. 11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. 12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it. 13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? 14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.… Read the whole commentary →