Ecclesiastes 7:17
Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
Darby Translation
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 righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
Cross References
Genesis 38:7And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah, and Jehovah slew him.
Job 15:32It shall be complete before his day, and his branch shall not be green.
Psalms 55:23And thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But as for me, I will confide in thee.
Jeremiah 2:33How dost thou trim thy way to seek love! Therefore hast thou also accustomed thy ways to wickedness.
Ezekiel 16:20And thou didst take thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hadst borne unto me, and these didst thou sacrifice unto them, to be devoured. Were thy whoredoms a small matter,
Acts 5:10And she fell down immediately at his feet and expired. And when the young men came in they 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 →