Ecclesiastes 7:16

Do not become so very righteous, neither count thyself wise beyond measure,—wherefore shouldst thou destroy thyself?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

In Context

15Everything, had I seen, in my days of vanity,—Here was a righteous man, perishing in his righteousness, and there was a lawless man, continuing long in his wickedness.

17Do not be so very lawless, neither become thou foolish,—wherefore shouldst thou die, before thy time?

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Cross References

Job 11:12But, an empty person, will get sense, when, a wild ass’s colt, is born a man!

Proverbs 23:4Do not toil to get wealth, of thine own understanding, forbear:

Ecclesiastes 12:12And besides, from them, my son, be admonished,—Of making many books, there is no end, and, much study, is a weariness of the flesh.

Matthew 9:14Then come near unto him the disciples of John, saying,—Wherefore do, we, and the Pharisees, fast, whereas, thy disciples, fast not?

Matthew 23:5But, all their works, they do, to be gazed at, by men,—for they make broad their amulets, and make large their fringes,

Matthew 23:29Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the monuments 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 →

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