Ecclesiastes 7:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Do not much wrong, neither be thou a fool, why dost thou die within thy time?

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  • Prov 10:27 : 27 The fear of Jehovah addeth days, And the years of the wicked are shortened.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 And 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!
  • Acts 5:5 : 5 and Ananias hearing these words, having fallen down, did expire, and great fear came upon all who heard these things,
  • Acts 5:10 : 10 and 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;
  • Acts 12:23 : 23 and presently there smote him a messenger of the Lord, because he did not give the glory to God, and having been eaten of worms, he expired.
  • Gen 38:7-9 : 7 and Er, Judah's first-born, is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth put him to death. 8 And Judah saith to Onan, `Go in unto the wife of thy brother, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother;' 9 and Onan knoweth that the seed is not `reckoned' his; and it hath come to pass, if he hath gone in unto his brother's wife, that he hath destroyed `it' to the earth, so as not to give seed to his brother; 10 and that which he hath done is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and He putteth him also to death.
  • 1 Sam 25:38 : 38 And it cometh to pass, `in' about ten days, that Jehovah smiteth Nabal, and he dieth,
  • Job 15:32-33 : 32 Not in his day is it completed, And his bending branch is not green. 33 He shaketh off as a vine his unripe fruit, And casteth off as an olive his blossom.
  • Job 22:16 : 16 Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation.
  • Jas 1:21 : 21 wherefore having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, in meekness be receiving the engrafted word, that is able to save your souls;
  • Jer 2:33-34 : 33 What -- dost thou make pleasing thy ways to seek love? Therefore even the wicked thou hast taught thy ways. 34 Also in thy skirts hath been found the blood of innocent needy souls, Not by digging have I found them, but upon all these.
  • Ezek 8:17 : 17 And He saith unto me, `Hast thou seen, son of man? hath it been a light thing to the house of Judah to do the abomination that they have done here, that they have filled the land with violence, and turn back to provoke Me to anger? and lo, they are putting forth the branch unto their nose!
  • Ezek 16:20 : 20 And 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,

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  • Eccl 7:15-16
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    15The whole I have considered in the days of my vanity. There is a righteous one perishing in his righteousness, and there is a wrong-doer prolonging `himself' in his wrong.

    16Be not over-righteous, nor show thyself too wise, why art thou desolate?

  • Eccl 7:9-10
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    9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.

    10Say not thou, `What was it, That the former days were better than these?' For thou hast not asked wisely of this.

  • Eccl 7:18
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    18`It is' good that thou dost lay hold on this, and also, from that withdrawest not thy hand, for whoso is fearing God goeth out with them all.

  • Prov 3:7
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    7Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.

  • Prov 9:6
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    6Forsake ye, the simple, and live, And be happy in the way of understanding.

  • Eccl 7:4-5
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    4The heart of the wise `is' in a house of mourning, And the heart of fools in a house of mirth.

    5Better to hear a rebuke of a wise man, Than `for' a man to hear a song of fools,

  • Eccl 11:9-10
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    9Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood, And let thy heart gladden thee in days of thy youth, And walk in the ways of thy heart, And in the sight of thine eyes, And know thou that for all these, Doth God bring thee into judgment.

    10And turn aside anger from thy heart, And cause evil to pass from thy flesh, For the childhood and the age `are' vanity!

  • Eccl 7:1-2
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    72%

    1Better `is' a name than good perfume, And the day of death than the day of birth.

    2Better to go unto a house of mourning, Than to go unto a house of banqueting, For that is the end of all men, And the living layeth `it' unto his heart.

  • Eph 5:17
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    17because of this become not fools, but -- understanding what `is' the will of the Lord,

  • Prov 14:12
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    12There is a way -- right before a man, And its latter end `are' ways of death.

  • Prov 7:25
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    25Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,

  • Eccl 5:1-2
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    71%

    1Keep thy feet when thou goest unto a house of God, and draw near to hear rather than to give of fools the sacrifice, for they do not know they do evil.

    2Cause not thy mouth to hasten, and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and thou on the earth, therefore let thy words be few.

  • Prov 26:4
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    4Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou be like to him -- even thou.

  • Job 36:18
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    18Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.

  • Prov 5:23
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    23He dieth without instruction, And in the abundance of his folly magnifieth himself!

  • Gen 2:17
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    17and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it -- dying thou dost die.'

  • Prov 14:7
    71%

    7Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.

  • Prov 4:14
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    14Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers.

  • Prov 23:4
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    4Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.

  • Prov 19:2-3
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    2Also, without knowledge the soul `is' not good, And the hasty in feet is sinning.

    3The folly of man perverteth his way, And against Jehovah is his heart wroth.

  • Prov 12:28
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    28In the path of righteousness `is' life, And in the way of `that' path `is' no death!

  • Prov 22:25
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    25Lest thou learn his paths, And have received a snare to thy soul.

  • Eph 5:15
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    15See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

  • Prov 23:17
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    17Let not thy heart be envious at sinners, But -- in the fear of Jehovah all the day.

  • Eccl 5:6
    70%

    6Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that `it `is' an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?

  • Eccl 7:21
    70%

    21Also to all the words that they speak give not thy heart, that thou hear not thy servant reviling thee.

  • Job 21:7
    70%

    7Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth.

  • Prov 5:9
    70%

    9Lest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce,

  • Prov 19:16
    70%

    16Whoso is keeping the command is keeping his soul, Whoso is despising His ways dieth.

  • Prov 27:12
    70%

    12The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.

  • Eccl 8:13
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    13And good is not to the wicked, and he doth not prolong days as a shadow, because he is not fearing before God.

  • Prov 21:16
    70%

    16A man who is wandering from the way of understanding, In an assembly of Rephaim resteth.

  • Eccl 12:1
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    1Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, `I have no pleasure in them.'

  • Prov 14:17
    70%

    17Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated.

  • Prov 10:2
    70%

    2Treasures of wickedness profit not, And righteousness delivereth from death.

  • Prov 10:27
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    27The fear of Jehovah addeth days, And the years of the wicked are shortened.

  • Prov 30:6
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    6Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false.

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

  • Job 5:27
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    27Lo, this -- we searched it out -- it `is' right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!

  • Prov 13:14
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    14The law of the wise `is' a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.

  • Ps 34:12
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    12Who `is' the man that is desiring life? Loving days to see good?

  • Matt 7:1
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    1`Judge not, that ye may not be judged,

  • Prov 5:6
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    6The path of life -- lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths -- thou knowest not.