Ecclesiastes 7:17
Be not over much wicked, neither be you foolish: why should you die before your time?
Updated King James Version
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 over much; neither make yourself over wise: why should you destroy yourself ?
Cross References
Genesis 38:7And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.
Job 15:32It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
Psalms 55:23But you, O God, shall bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in you.
Jeremiah 2:33Why trim you your way to seek love? therefore have you also taught the wicked ones your ways.
Ezekiel 16:20Moreover you have taken your sons and your daughters, whom you have borne unto me, and these have you sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of your whoredoms a small matter,
Acts 5:10Then fell she down immediately at his feet, and yielded up the spirit: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, 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 →