Ecclesiastes 7:16
I also saw this, in the days of my vanity: a just man perishing in his justice, and an impious man living a long time in his malice.
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In The King James Version
Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
In Context
Cross References
Job 11:12A vain man is lifted up in arrogance, and he thinks that he is born free like a wild ass’s colt.
Proverbs 23:4Do not be willing to labor so that you may be enriched. But set limits by your prudence.
Ecclesiastes 12:12You should require no more than this, my son. For there is no end to the making of many books. And excessive study is an affliction to the flesh.
Matthew 9:14Then the disciples of John drew near to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast frequently, but your disciples do not fast?”
Matthew 23:5Truly, they do all their works so that they may be seen by men. For they enlarge their phylacteries and glorify their hems.
Matthew 23:29Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites, who build the sepulchers of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the just.
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 →