Ecclesiastes 7:17
Do not much wrong, nor be thou a fool. Why should thou die before thy time?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
In Context
16Be not over-righteous, nor show thyself too wise. Why should thou destroy thyself?
Cross References
Genesis 38:7And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of LORD, and LORD killed him.
Job 15:32It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
Psalms 55:23But thou, O God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in thee.
Jeremiah 2:33How thou trim thy way to seek love! Therefore even the wicked women thou have taught thy ways.
Ezekiel 16:20Moreover thou have taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou have borne to me, and thou have sacrificed these to them to be devoured. Were thy whoredoms a small matter,
Acts 5:10And immediately she fell down at his feet and expired. And after coming in the young men found her dead, and having carried her out, they buried her by her husband.
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 →