Ecclesiastes 7:16
Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself over-wise! Why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
In Context
17Be not overmuch wicked; neither be thou a fool! Why shouldst thou die before thy time?
Cross References
Job 11:12But vain man is without understanding; Yea, man is born a wild ass's colt.
Proverbs 23:4Toil not to become rich; Cease from this, thy wisdom.
Ecclesiastes 12:12And, moreover, by these, my son, be warned! To the multiplying of books there is no end, and much study wearieth the flesh.
Matthew 9:14Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast, and thy disciples fast not?
Matthew 23:5And all their works they do to be observed by men. They make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge their fringes,
Matthew 23:29Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous,
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 →