Ecclesiastes 7:16
These things also I saw in the days of my vanity: A just man perisheth in his justice, and a wicked man liveth a long time in his wickedness.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
In Context
17Be not over just: and be not more wise than is necessary, lest thou become stupid.
Cross References
Job 11:12A vain man is lifted up into pride, and thinketh himself born free like a wild ass's colt.
Proverbs 23:4Labour not to be rich: but set bounds to thy prudence.
Ecclesiastes 12:12More than these, my son, require not. Of making many books there is no end: and much study is an affliction of the flesh.
Matthew 9:14Then came to him the disciples of John, saying: Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but thy disciples do not fast?
Matthew 23:5And all their works they do for to be seen of men. For they make their phylacteries broad, and enlarge their fringes.
Matthew 23:29Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; that build the sepulchres 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 →