Ecclesiastes 7:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

Do not be overly wicked, nor be foolish; why should you die before your time?

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  • Prov 10:27 : 27 The fear of the LORD prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 But You, O God, shall bring them down into the pit of destruction; bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in You.
  • Acts 5:5 : 5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down and breathed his last, and great fear came on all who heard these things.
  • Acts 5:10 : 10 Then she fell down immediately at his feet and breathed her last, and the young men came in and found her dead, and carrying her out, buried her by her husband.
  • Acts 12:23 : 23 And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.
  • Gen 38:7-9 : 7 But Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death. 8 Then Judah said to Onan, Go to your brother’s wife, marry her, and raise offspring for your brother. 9 But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so when he went to his brother’s wife, he spilled his seed on the ground, to avoid giving offspring to his brother. 10 What he did was displeasing in the sight of the LORD, so He put him to death also.
  • 1 Sam 25:38 : 38 And it came about ten days later that the LORD struck Nabal, and 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 cast off his flower as the olive.
  • Job 22:16 : 16 Who were cut down before their time, whose foundations were swept away by a flood?
  • Jas 1:21 : 21 Therefore lay aside all filthiness and excess of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
  • Jer 2:33-34 : 33 Why do you beautify your way to seek love? therefore you have also taught the wicked ones your ways. 34 Also in your 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 to me, Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it a trivial 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 you have taken your sons and your daughters, whom you have borne to me, and these have you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Is this of your whoredoms a small matter,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 7:15-16
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    15All things have I seen in the days of my vanity; there is a just man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness.

    16Do not be overly righteous, nor make yourself overly wise; why should you destroy yourself?

  • Eccl 7:9-10
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    9Do not be quick in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

    10Do not say, 'Why were the former days better than these?' for you do not inquire wisely concerning this.

  • Eccl 7:18
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    18It is good that you should take hold of this, and also from this do not withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will escape them all.

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

  • Prov 9:6
    72%

    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 laughter.

    5It 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 your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes — but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

    10Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh, for childhood and youth are vanity.

  • Eccl 7:1-2
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    72%

    1A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death is better than the day of one's birth.

    2It 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 take it to heart.

  • Eph 5:17
    72%

    17Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

  • Prov 14:12
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    12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

  • Prov 7:25
    71%

    25Let not your heart incline to her ways, do not stray in her paths.

  • Eccl 5:1-2
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    71%

    1Keep your foot when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they do evil.

    2Do not be rash with your mouth, and do not let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God, for God is in heaven, and you are on earth; therefore, let your words be few.

  • Prov 26:4
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    4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

  • Job 36:18
    71%

    18Because there is wrath, beware lest he takes you away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver you.

  • 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, you shall not eat: for in the day that you eat from it you shall surely die.

  • Prov 14:7
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    7Leave the presence of a foolish man, when you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

  • Prov 4:14
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    14Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of evil men.

  • Prov 23:4
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    4Do not labor to be rich; cease from your own wisdom.

  • Prov 19:2-3
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    2Also, for the soul to be without knowledge is not good; and he who hurries with his feet sins.

    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Prov 12:28
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    28In the path of righteousness there is life, and in its way there is no death.

  • Prov 22:25
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    25Lest you learn his ways and get a snare to your soul.

  • Eph 5:15
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    15See then that you walk carefully, not as fools, but as wise,

  • Prov 23:17
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    17Do not let your heart envy sinners, but be in the fear of the LORD all day long.

  • Eccl 5:6
    70%

    6Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, nor say before the angel that it was an error; why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands?

  • Eccl 7:21
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    21Also, do not take to heart everything people say, lest you hear your servant curse you.

  • Job 21:7
    70%

    7Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, grow mighty in power?

  • Prov 5:9
    70%

    9Lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel:

  • Prov 19:16
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    16He who keeps the commandment keeps his own soul, but he who despises his ways shall die.

  • Prov 27:12
    70%

    12A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.

  • Eccl 8:13
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    13But it will not be well with the wicked, nor will he prolong his days, which are like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.

  • Prov 21:16
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    16The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

  • Eccl 12:1
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    1Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, while the evil days do not come, nor the years draw near when you will say, I have no pleasure in them;

  • Prov 14:17
    70%

    17He who is quickly angry acts foolishly, and a man of wicked intentions is hated.

  • Prov 10:2
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    2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Prov 10:27
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    27The fear of the LORD prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

  • Prov 30:6
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    6Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.

  • Prov 27:1
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    1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.

  • Job 5:27
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    27Behold this, we have searched it out, it is true; hear it, and know it for your good.

  • Prov 13:14
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    14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

  • Ps 34:12
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    12Who is the man that desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good?

  • Matt 7:1
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    1Do not judge, so that you will not be judged.

  • Prov 5:6
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    6Lest you should ponder the path of life, her ways are unstable, so that you cannot know them.