Ecclesiastes 7:17
Do not much wrong, neither be thou a fool, why dost thou die within thy time?
Young's Literal Translation
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 over-righteous, nor show thyself too wise, why art thou desolate?
Cross References
Genesis 38:7and Er, Judah's first-born, is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth put him to death.
Job 15:32Not in his day is it completed, And his bending branch is not green.
Psalms 55:23And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I — I do trust in Thee!
Jeremiah 2:33What — dost thou make pleasing thy ways to seek love? Therefore even the wicked thou hast taught thy ways.
Ezekiel 16:20And thou dost take thy sons and thy daughters Whom thou hast born to Me, And dost sacrifice them to them for food. Is it a little thing because of thy whoredoms,
Acts 5:10and she fell down presently at his feet, and expired, and the young men having come in, found her dead, and having carried forth, they 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 →