Ecclesiastes 7:17

Be not very just; neither be very wise: lest you be confounded.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16I have seen all things in the days of my vanity: there is a just man perishing in his justice, and there is an ungodly man remaining in his wickedness.

18Be not very wicked; and be not stubborn: lest you should die before your time.

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Cross References

Genesis 38:7And Er, the firstborn of Judas, was wicked before the Lord; and God killed him.

Job 15:32His harvest shall perish before the time, and his branch shall not flourish.

Jeremiah 2:33What fair device will you yet employ in your ways, so as to seek love? it shall not be so; moreover you have done wickedly in corrupting your ways;

Ezekiel 16:20And you took your sons and your daughters, whom you bore, and did sacrifice these to them to be destroyed. You did go a-whoring as if that were little,

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 →

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