Ecclesiastes 7:16

Also Y siy these thingis in the daies of my natyuyte; a iust man perischith in his riytfulnesse, and a wickid man lyueth myche tyme in his malice.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

In Context

15In a good day vse thou goodis, and bifore eschewe thou an yuel day; for God made so this dai as that dai, that a man fynde not iust playnyngis ayens hym.

17Nyle thou be iust myche, nether vndurstonde thou more than is nedeful; lest thou be astonyed.

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Cross References

Job 11:12A veyn man is reisid in to pride; and gessith hym silf borun fre, as the colt of a wilde asse.

Proverbs 23:4Nyle thou trauele to be maad riche, but sette thou mesure to thi prudence.

Ecclesiastes 12:12My sone, seke thou no more than these; noon ende is to make many bookis, and ofte thenkyng is turment of fleisch.

Matthew 9:14Thanne the disciplis of Joon camen to hym, and seiden, Whi we and Farisees fasten ofte, but thi disciplis fasten not?

Matthew 23:5Therfor thei don alle her werkis `that thei be seen of men; for thei drawen abrood her filateries, and magnifien hemmes.

Matthew 23:29Wo to you, scribis and Farisees, ipocritis, that bilden sepulcris of profetis, and maken faire the birielis of iust men,

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