Ecclesiastes 7:17
Be not very wicked; and be not stubborn: 1 Lest thou shouldest die before thy time. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 very just; 1 Neither be very wise: lest thou be confounded. 1
Cross References
Genesis 38:7And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was wicked before the Lord; and God killed him.
Job 15:32His harvest shall perish before the time, 1 And his branch shall not flourish. 1
Jeremiah 2:33What fair device wilt thou yet employ in thy ways, so as to seek love? it shall not be so; moreover thou hast done wickedly in corrupting thy ways;
Ezekiel 16:20And thou tookest thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou borest, and didst sacrifice these to them to be destroyed. Thou didst 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 →