Ecclesiastes 7:17
Be not overmuch wicked; neither be thou a fool! Why shouldst thou die before thy time?
Noyes Bible
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 righteous overmuch; neither make thyself over-wise! Why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
Cross References
Job 15:32He shall come to his end before his time, And his branch shall not be green.
Psalms 55:23Yea, thou, O God! wilt bring them down into the lowest pit! Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in thee!
Jeremiah 2:33Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? On this account hast thou accustomed thy ways to wickedness.
Ezekiel 16:20Moreover thou didst take thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou didst bear to me, and these didst thou sacrifice to them to be devoured. Was it not enough for thee to commit fornication,
Acts 5:10And she fell down immediately at his feet, and expired; and the young men, when they came in, found her dead, and carried her out, and buried her by 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 →