Ecclesiastes 7:17

Coverdale Bible (1535)

be nether to vnrightuous also ner to foolish, lest thou die before thy tyme.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:27 : 27 The feare of ye LORDE maketh a loge life, but ye yeares of ye vngodly shal be shortened.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 The bloudthurstie and disceatfull shal not lyue out half their daies. Neuerthelesse my trust is in the.
  • Acts 5:5 : 5 Whan Ananias herde these wordes, he fell downe, & gaue vp the goost. And there came a greate feare vpon all the that herde of this.
  • Acts 5:10 : 10 And immediatly she fell downe at his fete, and gaue vp the goost. Then came in the yonge men, and founde her deed, and caried her out, and buried her by hir hussbade.
  • Acts 12:23 : 23 Immediatly the angell of the LORDE smote him, because he gaue not God the honoure: And he was eaten vp of wormes, and gaue vp the goost.
  • Gen 38:7-9 : 7 But he was wicked before the LORDE, therfore the LORDE slew him. 8 Then sayde Iuda vnto his sonne Onan: Go lie with thy brothers wife, and marye thyself with her, that thou mayest rayse vp sede vnto thy brother. 9 But when Onan knewe that the sede shulde not be his owne, whan he laye with his brothers wife, he let it fall vpon the earth and destroyed it, yt he shulde not geue sede vnto his brother. 10 This thinge that he dyd displeased the LORDE sore, and he slewe him also.
  • 1 Sam 25:38 : 38 and ouer ten dayes the LORDE smote him, so yt he dyed.
  • Job 15:32-33 : 32 He shall perish, afore his tyme be worne out, and his honde shal not be grene. 33 He shalbe pluckte of as an vntymely grape from ye vyne, and shal let his floure fall, as the olyue doth.
  • Job 22:16 : 16 both olde & yonge, whose foundacion is a runnynge water,
  • Jas 1:21 : 21 Wherfore laye aparte all fylthines, all superfluite of maliciousnes, & receaue with meknes ye worde yt is grafted in you, which is able to saue youre soules.
  • Jer 2:33-34 : 33 Why boostest thou thy wayes so hylie, (to optayne fauoure there thorow) when thou hast yet stained them wt blasphemies? 34 Vpon thy wynges is founde the bloude of poore and innocent people, and that not in corners and holes only, but opely in all these places.
  • Ezek 8:17 : 17 And he sayde vnto me: hast thou sene this, thou sonne of man? Thinketh the house of Israel, that it is but a trifle, to do these abhominacions here? Shulde they fyll the londe full of wickednesse, and vndertake to prouoke me vnto anger? Yee & purposly to cast vp their noses vpon me?
  • Ezek 16:20 : 20 Thou hast take thine owne sonnes & doughters, whom thou haddest begotten vnto me: and these hast thou offred vp vnto them, to be their meate. Is this but a small whordome of thine (thinkest thou)

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 7:15-16
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    15These ij. thiges also haue I cosidred in ye tyme of vanite: yt the iust man perisheth for his rightuousnes sake, & the vngodly liueth in his wickednesse.

    16Therfore be thou nether to rightuous ner ouer wyse, yt thou perish not:

  • Eccl 7:9-10
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    9Be not haistely angrie in yi mynde, for wrath resteth in the bosome of a foole.

    10Saye not thou: What is the cause that ye dayes of ye olde tyme were better, then they yt be now? for that were no wyse question.

  • Eccl 7:18
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    18It is good for the to take holde of this, & not to let yt go out of thy hande. For he yt feareth God shal escape them all.

  • Prov 3:7
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    7Be not wyse in thine owne conceate, but feare ye LORDE and departe from euell:

  • Prov 9:6
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    6Forsake ignorauce, and ye shal lyue: and se that ye go in the waye of vnderstondinge.

  • Eccl 7:4-5
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    4The herte of ye wyse is in the mournynge house, but the hert of the foolish is in the house of myrth.

    5It is better to geue eare to the chastenynge of a wyse man, then to heare the songe of fooles.

  • Eccl 11:9-10
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    72%

    9Be glad then (O thou yonge man) in thy youth, and lat thine hert be mery in thy yonge dayes: folowe the wayes of thine owne hert, and the lust of thine eyes: but be thou sure, that God shal bringe the in to iudgment for all these thinges.

    10Pvt awaye displeasure out of yi hert, & remoue euell from thy body: for childehode and youth is but vanite.

  • Eccl 7:1-2
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    72%

    1A good name is more worth then a precious oyntment, and the daye of death is better the ye daye of byrth.

    2It is better to go in to an house of mournynge, then in to a bancket house. For there is the ende of all men, and he that is lyuinge, taketh it to herte.

  • Eph 5:17
    72%

    17Wherfore be not ye vnwyse, but vnderstonde what the wil of the LORDE is,

  • Prov 14:12
    72%

    12There is a waye, which some men thinke to be right, but the ende therof ledeth vnto death.

  • Prov 7:25
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    25Let not thine herte wandre in hir wayes, & be not thou disceaued in hir pathes.

  • Eccl 5:1-2
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    71%

    1Whan thou commest in to the house of God, kepe thy fote, and drawe nye, that thou mayest heare: that is better then the offeringes of fooles, for they knowe not what euell they do.

    2Be not hastie with thy mouth, & let not thine hert speake eny thige rashly before God. For God is in heauen, & thou vpon earth, therfore let thy wordes be fewe.

  • Prov 26:4
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    4Geue not the foole an answere after his foolishnesse, lest thou become like vnto him:

  • Job 36:18
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    18For then shal not thy cause be stilled with crueltie, ner pacified with many giftes.

  • Prov 5:23
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    23Because he wolde not be refourmed, he shal dye: and for his greate foolishnesse he shal be destroyed.

  • Gen 2:17
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    17But of ye tre of knowlege of good and euell, shalt thou not eate. For loke in what daye so euer thou eatest therof, thou shalt dye the death.

  • Prov 14:7
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    7Se yt thou medle not with a foole, & do as though thou haddest no knowlege.

  • Prov 4:14
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    14Come not in the path of the vngodly, and walke not in the waye of the wicked.

  • Prov 23:4
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    4Take not ouer greate trauayle and labor to be riche, bewarre of soch a purpose.

  • Prov 19:2-3
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    2Where no discrecion is, there the soule is not well: and who so is swifte on fote, stombleth hastely.

    3Foolishnesse maketh a man to go out of his waye, & then is his herte vnpacient agaynst the LORDE.

  • Prov 12:28
    71%

    28In the waye of righteousnesse there is life, as for eny other waye, it is the path vnto death.

  • Prov 22:25
    70%

    25lest thou lerne his wayes, and receaue hurte vnto thy soule.

  • Eph 5:15
    70%

    15Take hede therfore how ye walke circumspectly, not as the vnwyse, but as ye wyse,

  • Prov 23:17
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    17Let not thine herte be gelous to folowe synners, but kepe ye still in the feare of the LORDE all the daye loge:

  • Eccl 5:6
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    6Vse not thy mouth to cause yi flesh for to synne, yt thou saye not before the angell: my foolishnesse is in ye faute. For the God wil be angrie at thy voyce, and destroye all ye workes of thine handes.

  • Eccl 7:21
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    21Take not hede vnto euery worde yt is spoken, lest thou heare thy seruaunt curse the:

  • Job 21:7
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    7Wherfore do wicked me lyue in health and prosperite, come to their olde age, & increase in riches?

  • Prov 5:9
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    9That thou geue not thine honor vnto another, and thy yeares to the cruell.

  • Prov 19:16
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    16Who so kepeth the comaundemet, kepeth his owne soule: but he yt regardeth not his waye, shal dye.

  • Prov 27:12
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    12A wyse man seynge the plage wyl hyde him self, as for fooles they go on still, and suffer harme.

  • Eccl 8:13
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    13Agayne, as for the vngodly, it shall not be well with him, nether shal he prologe his dayes: but euen as a shadowe, so shall he be that feareth not God.

  • Prov 21:16
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    16The man that wandreth out of the waye of wy?dome, shal remayne in the cogregacion of ye deed.

  • Eccl 12:1
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    1Remembre thy maker in thy youth, or euer the dayes of aduersite come, and or the yeares drawe nye, when thou shalt saye: I haue no pleasure in them:

  • Prov 14:17
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    17An vnpacient man handeleth foolishly, but he that is well aduysed, doth other wayes.

  • Prov 10:2
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    2Treasures that are wickedly gotten, profit nothinge, but rightuousnesse delyuereth from death.

  • Prov 10:27
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    27The feare of ye LORDE maketh a loge life, but ye yeares of ye vngodly shal be shortened.

  • Prov 30:6
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    6Put thou nothinge therfore vnto his wordes, lest he reproue the, and thou be founde as a lyar.

  • Prov 27:1
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    1Make not thy boost of tomorow, for thou knowest not what maye happen todaye.

  • Job 5:27
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    27Lo, this is the matter, as we oure selues haue proued by experience. Therfore now that thou hearest it, take better hede to thy selff.

  • Prov 13:14
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    14The lawe is a wel of life vnto the wyse, that it maye kepe him from the snares of death.

  • Ps 34:12
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    12Who so listeth to lyue, & wolde fayne se good dayes.

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    1Ivdge not, that ye be not iudged:

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    6She regardeth not the path of life, so vnstedfast are hir wayes, that thou canst not knowe them.