Ecclesiastes 7:17
אַל ־ תִּרְשַׁע הַרְבֵּה וְאַל ־ תְּהִי סָכָל לָמָּה תָמוּת בְּלֹא עִתֶּֽךָ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
In Context
16אַל ־ תְּהִי צַדִּיק הַרְבֵּה וְאַל ־ תִּתְחַכַּם יוֹתֵר לָמָּה תִּשּׁוֹמֵֽם ׃
Cross References
Genesis 38:7וַיְהִי עֵר בְּכוֹר יְהוּדָה רַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה וַיְמִתֵהוּ יְהוָֽה ׃
Job 15:32בְּֽלֹא ־ יוֹמוֹ תִּמָּלֵא וְכִפָּתוֹ לֹא רַעֲנָֽנָה ׃
Psalms 55:23הַשְׁלֵךְ עַל ־ יְהוָה ׀ יְהָבְךָ וְהוּא יְכַלְכְּלֶךָ לֹא ־ יִתֵּן לְעוֹלָם מוֹט לַצַּדִּֽיק ׃ וְאַתָּה אֱלֹהִים ׀ תּוֹרִדֵם ׀ לִבְאֵר שַׁחַת אַנְשֵׁי דָמִים וּמִרְמָה לֹא ־ יֶחֱצוּ יְמֵיהֶם וַאֲנִי אֶבְטַח ־ בָּֽךְ ׃
Jeremiah 2:33מַה ־ תֵּיטִבִי דַּרְכֵּךְ לְבַקֵּשׁ אַהֲבָה לָכֵן גַּם אֶת ־ הָרָעוֹת למדתי אֶת ־ דְּרָכָֽיִךְ ׃
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 →