Ecclesiastes 7:16
אַל ־ תְּהִי צַדִּיק הַרְבֵּה וְאַל ־ תִּתְחַכַּם יוֹתֵר לָמָּה תִּשּׁוֹמֵֽם ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
In Context
17אַל ־ תִּרְשַׁע הַרְבֵּה וְאַל ־ תְּהִי סָכָל לָמָּה תָמוּת בְּלֹא עִתֶּֽךָ ׃
Cross References
Job 11:12וְאִישׁ נָבוּב יִלָּבֵב וְעַיִר פֶּרֶא אָדָם יִוָּלֵֽד ׃
Proverbs 23:4אַל ־ תִּיגַע לְֽהַעֲשִׁיר מִֽבִּינָתְךָ חֲדָֽל ׃
Ecclesiastes 12:12וְיֹתֵר מֵהֵמָּה בְּנִי הִזָּהֵר עֲשׂוֹת סְפָרִים הַרְבֵּה אֵין קֵץ וְלַהַג הַרְבֵּה יְגִעַת בָּשָֽׂר ׃
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 →