Ecclesiastes 7:16

American Standard Version (1901)

Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

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  • Rom 12:3 : 3 For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think as to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to each man a measure of faith.
  • Luke 18:12 : 12 I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I get.
  • Prov 25:16 : 16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
  • Phil 3:6 : 6 as touching zeal, persecuting the church; as touching the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.
  • Col 2:18 : 18 Let no man rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he hath seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
  • Col 2:23 : 23 Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and severity to the body; [but are] not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.
  • 1 Tim 4:3 : 3 forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth.
  • Jas 3:13-17 : 13 Who is wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom. 14 But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom is not [a wisdom] that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.
  • Rev 18:19 : 19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and mourning, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, wherein all that had their ships in the sea were made rich by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
  • Eccl 12:12 : 12 And furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
  • Matt 6:1-7 : 1 Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. 2 When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward. 3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4 that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee. 5 And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites: for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward. 6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee. 7 And in praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
  • Matt 9:14 : 14 Then come to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
  • Matt 15:2-9 : 2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. 3 And he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? 4 For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death. 5 But ye say, whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given [to God] ; 6 he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition. 7 Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, 8 This people honoreth me with their lips; But their heart is far from me. 9 But in vain do they worship me, Teaching [as their] doctrines the precepts of men.
  • Matt 23:5 : 5 But all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders [of their garments] ,
  • Matt 23:23-24 : 23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone. 24 Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!
  • Matt 23:29 : 29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous,
  • Matt 23:38 : 38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
  • Rom 10:2 : 2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
  • Rom 11:25 : 25 For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in;
  • 1 Cor 3:18 : 18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.
  • 1 Cor 3:20 : 20 and again, The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise that they are vain.
  • Gen 3:6 : 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.
  • Job 11:12 : 12 But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born [as] a wild ass's colt.
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.
  • Prov 23:4 : 4 Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.

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  • Eccl 7:17-23
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    17Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

    18It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from that withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth from them all.

    19Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.

    20Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

    21Also take not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee;

    22for oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

    23All this have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

  • Eccl 7:13-15
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    13Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

    14In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yea, God hath made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything [that shall be] after him.

    15All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth [his life] in his evil-doing.

  • Eccl 7:9-11
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    9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

    10Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

    11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance; yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.

  • Prov 3:7
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    7Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:

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    4Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.

  • Eccl 7:4-7
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    4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

    5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

    6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

    7Surely extortion maketh the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroyeth the understanding.

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    12There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death.

  • 1 Cor 3:18
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    18Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

  • Eccl 1:18
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    18For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

  • Eccl 2:15-16
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    15Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity.

    16For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!

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    18For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.

  • Jer 9:23
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    23Thus saith Jehovah, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;

  • Prov 16:25
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    25There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.

  • Prov 27:1
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    1Boast not thyself of to-morrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

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    21Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

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    27It is not good to eat much honey: So [for men] to search out their own glory is grievous.

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    32For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.

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    6Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; But wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

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    15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:

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    25I turned about, and my heart [was set] to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason [of things], and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.

  • Prov 10:2
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    2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; But righteousness delivereth from death.

  • Eccl 11:9-10
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    9Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

    10Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

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    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.

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    26Also to punish the righteous is not good, [Nor] to smite the noble for [their] uprightness.

  • Eccl 5:7
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    7For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, and in many words: but fear thou God.

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    15That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, [How] the wicked are overthrown to [their] ruin.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

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    1Judge not, that ye be not judged.