Ecclesiastes 7:17

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

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

In Context

16Also 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.

18Do thou not wickidli myche, and nyle thou be a fool; lest thou die in a tyme not thin.

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Cross References

Genesis 38:7And Her, the firste gendrid sone of Judas, was weiward in the siyt of the Lord, and therfor he was slayn of the Lord.

Job 15:32Bifor that hise daies ben fillid, he schal perische, and hise hondis schulen wexe drye;

Jeremiah 2:33What enforsist thou to schewe thi weie good to seke loue, which ferthermore bothe hast tauyt thi malices thi weies,

Ezekiel 16:20And thou tokist thi sones and thi douytris, whiche thou gendridist to me, and offridist to tho, for to be deuourid. Whether thi fornicacioun is litil?

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