Ecclesiastes 7:16

Be not very just; 1 Neither be very wise: lest thou be confounded. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15I have seen all things in the days of my vanity: 1 There is a just man perishing in his justice, 1 And there is an ungodly man remaining in his wickedness. 1

17Be not very wicked; and be not stubborn: 1 Lest thou shouldest die before thy time. 1

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Cross References

Job 11:12But man vainly buoys himself up with words; 1 And a mortal born of woman is like an ass of the desert. 1

Proverbs 23:4If thou art poor, measure not thyself with a rich man; 1 But refrain thyself in thy wisdom. 1

Ecclesiastes 12:12And moreover, my son, guard thyself by means of them: 1 Of making many books there is no end; 1 And much study is a weariness of the flesh. 1

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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