Ecclesiastes 7:16
Therfore be thou neither to righteous nor ouer wyse, that thou perishe not.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
In Context
17Be neither to vnrighteous also nor to foolishe, lest thou die before thy time.
Cross References
Proverbs 23:4Take not ouer great trauayle to be riche, beware of suche a purpose.
Ecclesiastes 12:12Therefore beware my sonne of that doctrine that is beside this: for to make many bookes, it is an endlesse worke, and to muche studie weerieth the body.
Matthew 9:14Then came the disciples of Iohn vnto hym, saying: Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
Matthew 23:5All their workes they do, for to be sene of men: They make broade their philacteries, and enlarge the hemmes of their garmentes.
Matthew 23:29Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees hypocrites: ye builde the tombes of the Prophetes, and garnishe the sepulchres of the ryghteous:
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 →