Ecclesiastes 7:17
Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
In Context
16Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
Cross References
Genesis 38:7But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.
Job 15:32It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.
Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
Jeremiah 2:33How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.
Ezekiel 16:20You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough?
Acts 5:10At that instant she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband.
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 →