Ecclesiastes 7:17
Be not wicked over much, and be no fool: why wouldst thou die before thy time?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
In Context
16Be not righteous over much; neither show thyself over wise: why wouldst thou destroy thyself?
Cross References
Genesis 38:7And 'Er, Judah's first-born, was displeasing in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord slew him.
Job 15:32Even before his time will it be overfull, and his branches will not be green.
Psalms 55:23(55:24) But thou, O God, thou wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: let not the men of blood and deceit live out half their days; but I will indeed trust in thee.
Jeremiah 2:33Why ornamentest thou thy way to seek for love? truly even the worst hast thou used thyself as thy ways.
Ezekiel 16:20And thou didst take thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hadst born unto me, and didst slaughter these unto them to be devoured; [but] were thy acts of lewdness not yet enough?
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 →