Ecclesiastes 7:17

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

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  • Prov 10:27 : 27 ¶ The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
  • Acts 5:5 : 5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.
  • Acts 5:10 : 10 Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying [her] forth, buried [her] by her husband.
  • Acts 12:23 : 23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
  • Gen 38:7-9 : 7 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him. 8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. 9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled [it] on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother. 10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
  • 1 Sam 25:38 : 38 And it came to pass about ten days [after], that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.
  • Job 15:32-33 : 32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. 33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
  • Job 22:16 : 16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
  • Jas 1:21 : 21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
  • Jer 2:33-34 : 33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways. 34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
  • Ezek 8:17 : 17 Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen [this], O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.
  • Ezek 16:20 : 20 Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. [Is this] of thy whoredoms a small matter,

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    15All [things] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just [man] that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his life] in his wickedness.

    16Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

  • Eccl 7:9-10
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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 enquire wisely concerning this.

  • Eccl 7:18
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    18[It is] good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.

  • Prov 3:7
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    7¶ Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

  • Prov 9:6
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    6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

  • Eccl 7:4-5
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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.

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

  • 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 thine 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 childhood and youth [are] vanity.

  • Eccl 7:1-2
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    1¶ A good name [is] better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

    2[It is] better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that [is] the end of all men; and the living will lay [it] to his heart.

  • Eph 5:17
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    17Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord [is].

  • Prov 14:12
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    12¶ There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.

  • Prov 7:25
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    25Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

  • Eccl 5:1-2
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    1¶ Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

    2Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter [any] thing before God: for God [is] in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

  • Prov 26:4
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    4¶ Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

  • Job 36:18
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    18Because [there is] wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with [his] stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

  • Prov 5:23
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    23He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

  • Gen 2:17
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    17But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

  • Prov 14:7
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    7¶ Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not [in him] the lips of knowledge.

  • Prov 4:14
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    14¶ Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men].

  • Prov 23:4
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    4¶ Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

  • Prov 19:2-3
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    2¶ Also, [that] the soul [be] without knowledge, [it is] not good; and he that hasteth with [his] feet sinneth.

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    28¶ In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the pathway [thereof there is] no death.

  • Prov 22:25
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    25Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

  • Eph 5:15
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    15See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

  • Prov 23:17
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    17¶ Let not thine heart envy sinners: but [be thou] in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

  • Eccl 5:6
    70%

    6Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it [was] an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

  • Eccl 7:21
    70%

    21Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:

  • Job 21:7
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    7¶ Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

  • Prov 5:9
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    9Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

  • Prov 19:16
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    12¶ A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.

  • Eccl 8:13
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    13But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong [his] days, [which are] as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

  • Prov 21:16
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    16¶ The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

  • Eccl 12:1
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    1¶ Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

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    17¶ [He that is] soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

  • Prov 10:2
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    2¶ Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

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    6Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

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    27Lo this, we have searched it, so it [is]; hear it, and know thou [it] for thy good.

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    12What man [is he that] desireth life, [and] loveth [many] days, that he may see good?

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    6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, [that] thou canst not know [them].