Ecclesiastes 7:16
Be not very just; neither be very wise: lest thou be confounded.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
In Context
17Be not very wicked; and be not stubborn: lest thou shouldest die before thy time.
Cross References
Job 11:12But man vainly buoys himself up with words; and a mortal born of woman is like an ass of the desert.
Proverbs 23:4If thou art poor, measure not thyself with a rich man; but refrain thyself in thy wisdom.
Ecclesiastes 12:12And moreover, my son, guard thyself by means of them: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
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 →